SB34 prohibits governmental entities and public officials from imposing mask mandates and vaccine mandates during the spread of a contagious or infectious disease. This legislation also limits the powers of the governor and other governmental entities, including the Kansas emergency management, to mandate face masks. This requires judicial review of certain emergency actions.
The Kansas State Senate passed SB34 on April 28, 2022 by a vote of 23 to 17. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because an individual’s personal health care decisions should not be the object of government, nor be under its federal, state, or local jurisdictions in the United States. Forcing an individual to receive a vaccination, wear a mask, or partake in any medical procedure would be a violation of their fundamental rights, freedoms, privileges, or immunities protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.