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March 4, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas lawmakers look to protect businesses, debate vaccines


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers moved Tuesday to extend protections for businesses from lawsuits over COVID-19, while a prominent critic of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the state's vaccine distribution has improved in recent weeks.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would give businesses an extra year of protection, until March 31, 2022, from lawsuits from customers or employees who contract COVID-19 if those businesses were "in substantial compliance" with public health orders.

The measure goes next to the Senate. Meanwhile, Senate President Ty Masterson said lawmakers are getting fewer complaints about access to vaccines now than a few weeks ago, but, "You can only go up from the bottom."