During the first week of the Kansas legislative session, the No. 1 priority for the Legislature is to extend the state's COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration before it expires Jan. 26.
The urgency has been underscored by the speed lawmakers are moving with to pass two bills ― for some, maybe a bit too fast.
"I've not seen, and I don't think we've seen before, a bill that moved with such expediency," said Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas City. "I daresay it is abnormal and it lends a certain question as to how fairly it can be deliberated and considered. This is a very crucial issue in terms of the public health."