Kansas Legislature sends bill designed to restrain ADA lawsuits to Gov Laura Kelly

TOPEKA — The House and Senate agreed to send Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday a watered down bill aimed at deterring out-of-state attorneys from filing lawsuits against businesses in Kansas alleging websites didn’t comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The original version of a measure, transformed through negotiations into House Bill 2016, was viewed as a heavy-handed attempt to interfere with ADA compliance litigation. The alternative, adopted by the House 83-37 and in the Senate 35-5, was a softer approach that authorized Attorney General Kris Kobach to file countersuits if a lawsuit was deemed “abusive” by the courts.…