---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suspending statutory speedy trial rights until May 1, 2023, in all criminal cases, providing guidelines for prioritizing trials and requiring the office of judicial administration to prepare and submit a report to the legislature in 2022 and 2023."
description: "Suspending statutory speedy trial rights until May 1, 2023, in all criminal cases, providing guidelines for prioritizing trials and requiring the office of judicial administration to prepare and submit a report to the legislature in 2022 and 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2078"
citation: "Kansas HB 2078 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eb0b072-6488-442e-96af-0dee88238e25"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2078"
source_hash: "bf7a4e44f3e4dbcf3cf53ad0f2f9ad8e6ab3a20f185d4abd017b732229d05240"
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 2078 (2021-2022) — Suspending statutory speedy trial rights until May 1, 2023, in all criminal cases, providing guidelines for prioritizing trials and requiring the office of judicial administration to prepare and submit a report to the legislature in 2022 and 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2078_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2078_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2078_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **114–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **107–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-24** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-24** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Parker `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Parker was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 17 `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 114 Nay: 7
- **2021-03-23** Reengrossed on Monday, March 22, 2021
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5eb0b072-6488-442e-96af-0dee88238e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).