Topeka ? Kansans would get a report card on Supreme Court justices and judges appointed by the governor and retained by voters to help decide whether they should remain on the bench under a bill considered by the House Judiciary Committee.

There was no vote Tuesday, but Chairman Mike O’Neal said the committee would work on the bill later.

All seven Kansas Supreme Court justices and 12 Court of Appeals judges, along with 88 of the 161 district court judges, are appointed by the governor. They then go unopposed on the ballot, and voters decide whether they should be retained. Justices have six-year terms; all others have four-year terms.

Under the proposal by the Kansas Judicial Council, it would appoint a 13-member committee to evaluate the jurists and make public recommendations.

The critiques would deal with such matters as integrity, impartiality, professionalism, administrative skills and temperament. It wouldn’t deal with how jurists ruled on various cases. The judges would get the information before it was made public.