Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 60: Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 60 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary.