---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1188"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1188"
heading: "Status conference"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1188"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Reorganization"
  - "Subchapter V — Small Business Debtor Reorganization"
---

# §1188. Status conference

- (a) **In General.—** Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), not later than 60 days after the entry of the order for relief under this chapter, the court shall hold a status conference to further the expeditious and economical resolution of a case under this subchapter.
- (b) **Exception.—** The court may extend the period of time for holding a status conference under [subsection (a)](#a) if the need for an extension is attributable to circumstances for which the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) should not justly be held accountable.
- (c) **Report.—** Not later than 14 days before the date of the status conference under [subsection (a)](#a), the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) shall file with the court and serve on the trustee and all parties in interest a report that details the efforts the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) has undertaken and will undertake to attain a consensual plan of reorganization.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–54, § 2(a), Aug. 23, 2019, 133 Stat. 1081.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Aug. 23, 2019, see section 5 of Pub. L. 116–54, set out as an Effective Date of 2019 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.