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type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas by extending the expanded use of telemedicine, the authority of the board of healing arts to grant certain temporary emergency licenses, the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers and certain persons conducting business in this state for COVID-19 claims until March 31, 2022."
description: "Continuing the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas by extending the expanded use of telemedicine, the authority of the board of healing arts to grant certain temporary emergency licenses, the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers and certain persons conducting business in this state for COVID-19 claims until March 31, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Kansas SB 283 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c84c722c-46d3-4ced-b7e5-735af846a9a6"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb283"
source_hash: "9106d4df615bd013acb9bf000b0ecd9bd99364e33eeeda9cbdfe63c6a3f20890"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---
# Kansas SB 283 (2021-2022) — Continuing the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas by extending the expanded use of telemedicine, the authority of the board of healing arts to grant certain temporary emergency licenses, the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers and certain persons conducting business in this state for COVID-19 claims until March 31, 2022.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb283_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb283_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb283_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb283_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb283_02_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **96–28** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 12:00 PM Room 346-S
- **2021-03-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 96 Nay: 28 `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 30 Nay: 10
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c84c722c-46d3-4ced-b7e5-735af846a9a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).