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.

This bill restricts habeas corpus appeals by prohibiting second or successive filings and banning claims about ineffective legal representation. It requires inmates sentenced to death to appeal directly to the Kansas Supreme Court instead of lower courts. The law amends existing procedures to limit repeated challenges, particularly affecting death penalty cases by removing intermediate appeals. These changes apply broadly to all habeas cases but create a direct Supreme Court appeal path specifically for capital punishment convictions.