Kansas HB 2652: Requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has not been entered and filed within six months of submission and a list of cases in which a petition for review has not been granted or denied within six months of submission.

Bill Text

As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2652
By Committee on Judiciary
Requested by Matt Bingesser on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General
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AN ACT concerning courts; requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to
publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of
appeals in which a decision has not been entered and filed within six
months of submission and a list of cases in which a petition for review
has not been granted or denied within six months of submission;
amending K.S.A. 20-3301 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 20-3301 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
3301. (a) (1) A district court shall enter and file its decision on motions and
non-jury trials within 120 days after the matter is submitted for
decisionThe clerk of the appellate courts shall publish monthly a list of
cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has
not been entered and filed within six months of the date that the case was
submitted for decision.
(2) If the district court does not enter and file its decision on a
submitted matter within 120 days of submission, all counsel shall, within
130 days after the matter is submitted for decision, file with the court a
joint request that such decision be entered without further delay. A copy of
such request shall be sent to the chief judge of the judicial district and
made available to the publicThe monthly list of cases published by the
clerk shall include the case name, case number, the date that the case was
submitted for decision and, if before the court of appeals, the panel of
judges who heard the case. The monthly list shall be publicly available on
the supreme court's internet website. This posting shall remain publicly
viewable until the case is decided.
(3) Within 30 days after the filing of a joint request, the district court
shall enter its decision or advise the parties in writing of the date by which
the decision will be entered. A copy of such written advice shall be filed in
the case, sent to the chief judge of the judicial district and made available
to the publicThe clerk shall also transmit each monthly list of cases to the
standing judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the
senate, the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the attorney
general and the governor.
(4) In the event the district court fails to enter its decision or to advise
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the parties of an intended decision date as required by subsection (a)(3), all
counsel shall then file a joint request with the chief judge of the judicial
district to establish an intended decision date. A copy of such request shall
be filed in the case and made available to the public.
(5) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (a)(4), the chief judge
of the judicial district shall, after consultation with the judge to whom the
matter is assigned, establish a firm intended decision date by which the
district court's decision shall be made. Such setting of a final intended
decision date shall be in writing, filed in the case, served on the parties and
made available to the public.
(b) (1) The court of appeals shall render and file its decision on
motions and appeals within 180 days after the matter is submitted for
decision.
(2) If the court of appeals does not enter and file its decision on a
submitted matter within 180 days of submission, all counsel shall, within
190 days after the matter is submitted for decision, file with the court a
joint request that such decision be entered without further delay. A copy of
such request shall be sent to the chief judge of the court of appeals and
made available to the public.
(3) Within 30 days after the filing of a joint request, the court of
appeals shall enter its decision or advise the parties in writing of the date
by which the decision will be entered. A copy of such written advice shall
be filed in the case, sent to the chief judge of the court of appeals and
made available to the public.
(4) In the event the court of appeals fails to enter its decision or to
advise the parties of an intended decision date as required by subsection
(b)(3), all counsel shall then file a joint request with the chief judge of the
court of appeals to establish an intended decision date. A copy of such
request shall be filed in the case and made available to the public.
(5) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (b)(4), the chief judge
of the court of appeals shall, after consultation with the judge or judges to
whom the matter is assigned, establish a firm intended decision date by
which the court's decision shall be made. Such setting of a final intended
decision date shall be in writing, filed in the case, served on the parties and
made available to the public.
(c) (1) The supreme court shall render a