---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for HB 2121 by the Committee on Judiciary - Extending the suspension of statutory speedy trial time limitations and providing that time during the COVID-19 public health emergency shall not be assessed against the state."
description: "Substitute for HB 2121 by the Committee on Judiciary - Extending the suspension of statutory speedy trial time limitations and providing that time during the COVID-19 public health emergency shall not be assessed against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2121"
citation: "Kansas HB 2121 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074a50bf-1a14-473c-a4a2-fb8deea45628"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2121/"
source_hash: "c6716813a07b103c0de1134f344871701c27aaf6440949123f3e53fcd35523ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2121 (2023-2024) — Substitute for HB 2121 by the Committee on Judiciary - Extending the suspension of statutory speedy trial time limitations and providing that time during the COVID-19 public health emergency shall not be assessed against the state.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2121_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 20, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2121_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2121_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **32–8** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **112–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 112 Nay: 9 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 32 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 3, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 10, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074a50bf-1a14-473c-a4a2-fb8deea45628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).