---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1189"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1189"
heading: "Filing of the plan"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1189"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Reorganization"
  - "Subchapter V — Small Business Debtor Reorganization"
---

# §1189. Filing of the plan

- (a) **Who May File a Plan.—** Only the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) may file a plan under this subchapter.
- (b) **Deadline.—** The [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) shall file a plan not later than 90 days after the order for relief under this chapter, except that the court may extend the period if the need for the extension is attributable to circumstances for which the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) should not justly be held accountable.

## 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.