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1	2		House Concurrent Resolution No. 5002
2		-	A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopting joint rules for the Senate and the House of
3		-	Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium.
4		-	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
5		-	Kansas, the Senate concurring therein: That the following joint rules
6		-	shall be the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives for
7		-	the 2023-2024 biennium.
	3	+	By Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller
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	5	+	A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopting joint rules for the Senate
	6	+	and the House of Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium.
	7	+	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring
	8	+	therein: That the following joint rules shall be the joint rules of the Senate
	9	+	and House of Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium.
8	10		JOINT RULES OF THE
9	11		SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	12		2023-2024
11	13		Joint Rule 1. Joint rules; application and date of expiration;
12	14		adoption, amendment, suspension and revocation. (a) Joint rules;
13	15		expiration, adoption, amendment, suspension and revocation; vote
14		-	required. Joint rules are adopted under the authority of section 8 of
15		-	~~article~~ 2 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas and shall govern
16		-	~~matters~~ made subject thereto except when otherwise specifically
17		-	~~provided by~~ joint rule. Joint rules shall expire at the conclusion of the
18		-	~~terms of~~ representatives. Joint rules shall be adopted, amended,
19		-	~~suspended and~~ revoked by concurrent resolution of the two houses of
20		-	~~the legislature.~~ Concurrent resolutions adopting joint rules shall receive
21		-	~~the affirmative~~ vote of not less than a majority of the members then
22		-	~~elected (or~~ appointed) and qualified in each house.
	16	+	required. Joint rules are adopted under the authority of section 8 of article
	17	+	2 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas and shall govern matters
	18	+	made subject thereto except when otherwise specifically provided by
	19	+	joint rule. Joint rules shall expire at the conclusion of the terms of
	20	+	representatives. Joint rules shall be adopted, amended, suspended and
	21	+	revoked by concurrent resolution of the two houses of the legislature.
	22	+	Concurrent resolutions adopting joint rules shall receive the affirmative
	23	+	vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected (or
	24	+	appointed) and qualified in each house.
23	25		(b) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules; previous
24		-	notice; vote required. After one day's previous notice, joint rules may
25		-	be amended, suspended or revoked by the affirmative vote of not less
26		-	than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and
27		-	qualified in each house. Upon the filing of such notice in either house,
28		-	a message shall be sent to the other house advising of the filing of such
29		-	notice and the reading of the message shall constitute notice to the
30		-	members of such house. If such previous notice is not given, the
31		-	affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members then elected (or appointed) and
32		-	qualified in each house shall be required for the amendment,
33		-	suspension or revocation of a joint rule.
	26	+	notice; vote required. After one day's previous notice, joint rules may be
	27	+	amended, suspended or revoked by the affirmative vote of not less than a
	28	+	majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each
	29	+	house. Upon the filing of such notice in either house, a message shall be
	30	+	sent to the other house advising of the filing of such notice and the
	31	+	reading of the message shall constitute notice to the members of such
	32	+	house. If such previous notice is not given, the affirmative vote of 2/3 of
	33	+	the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house shall
	34	+	be required for the amendment, suspension or revocation of a joint rule.
34	35		(c) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules at
35	36		commencement of legislative session; vote required; conditions.
36		-	Notwithstanding any provision of this rule to the contrary, no notice
37		-	shall be required for the adoption of a concurrent resolution amending,
38		-	suspending or revoking any one or more joint rules at the
39		-	commencement of a legislative session, and adoption of any such
40		-	concurrent resolution shall require only the affirmative vote of not less
41		-	than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and
42		-	qualified in each house, subject to the following conditions: (1) The
43		-	concurrent resolution is sponsored by the speaker or the president; and
44		-	(2) either: (a) A copy thereof is mailed to each member of the
45		-	legislature by deposit in the United States mails not later than 11:00
46		-	p.m. on the Thursday preceding the Monday on which the legislative
47		-	session is to commence; or (b) in lieu of mailing, copies of the
48		-	concurrent resolution are made available to members on the first day of
49		-	the legislative session and final action is taken on a subsequent
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	73	+	Notwithstanding any provision of this rule to the contrary, no notice shall
	74	+	be required for the adoption of a concurrent resolution amending,
	75	+	suspending or revoking any one or more joint rules at the commencement
	76	+	of a legislative session, and adoption of any such concurrent resolution
	77	+	shall require only the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the
	78	+	members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house, subject
	79	+	to the following conditions: (1) The concurrent resolution is sponsored by
	80	+	the speaker or the president; and (2) either: (a) A copy thereof is mailed to
	81	+	each member of the legislature by deposit in the United States mails not
	82	+	later than 11:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the Monday on which
	83	+	the legislative session is to commence; or (b) in lieu of mailing, copies of
	84	+	the concurrent resolution are made available to members on the first day
	85	+	of the legislative session and final action is taken on a subsequent
50	86		legislative day.
51	87		Joint Rule 2. Joint sessions. (a) Joint session called by concurrent
52	88		resolution; vote required; time, place and subject matter. A joint session
53	89		of the senate and house of representatives may be called by concurrent
54	90		resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of
55	91		the members elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house of the
56		-	legislature or as may otherwise be prescribed by law. Any such
57		-	resolution shall fix the time and place of the joint session, and the subject matter to be considered at the joint session. Joint sessions shall consider
58		-	only such matters as are prescribed by law or by the concurrent resolution
59		-	calling such joint session.
	92	+	legislature or as may otherwise be prescribed by law. Any such resolution
	93	+	shall fix the time and place of the joint session, and the subject matter to
	94	+	be considered at the joint session. Joint sessions shall consider only such
	95	+	matters as are prescribed by law or by the concurrent resolution calling
	96	+	such joint session.
60	97		(b) Presiding officer at joint sessions; record of joint session; rules
61		-	applicable. The speaker of the house of representatives shall preside at all joint
62		-	sessions of the senate and house of representatives, and the clerk of the house of
63		-	representatives shall keep a record of the proceedings thereof and shall enter the
64		-	record of each such session in the journal of the house of representatives. The
65		-	rules of the house of representatives and the joint rules of the two houses,
66		-	insofar as the same may be applicable shall be the rules for joint sessions of the
67		-	two houses.
68		-	(c) Votes in joint session; taking; requirements. All votes in a joint session
69		-	shall be taken by yeas and nays, and in taking the same it shall be the duty of the
70		-	secretary of the senate first to call the names of the members of the senate, and
71		-	after which the clerk of the house of representatives shall in like manner call the
72		-	names of the members of the house. Each member of the senate and the house of
73		-	representatives present shall be required to vote on all matters considered in
74		-	joint session, unless excused by a vote of a majority of the members of both
75		-	houses present.
76		-	Joint Rule 3. Conference committee procedure. (a) Action by house of
77		-	origin of bill or concurrent resolution amended by other house. When a bill or
78		-	concurrent resolution is returned to the house of origin with amendments by the
79		-	other house, the house of origin may: (1) Concur in such amendments; (2) refuse
80		-	to concur in such amendments; or (3) refuse to concur in such amendments and
81		-	request a conference on the bill or concurrent resolution.
82		-	(b) Concurrence by house of origin; concurrence prior to taking action on
83		-	conference committee report by other house; final action; effect of failure of
84		-	motion to concur. The house of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution may
85		-	concur in any amendments made by the other house, except that if the bill or
86		-	concurrent resolution has been referred to a conference committee such action
87		-	may only be taken prior to the taking of final action upon the conference
88		-	committee report upon such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house. A
89		-	vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution on a motion to
90		-	concur in amendments to such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house
91		-	shall be considered action on the final passage of the bill or concurrent
92		-	resolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the
93		-	journal. If the motion to concur is upon amendments to a bill or concurrent
94		-	resolution for which a conference committee has been appointed and action has
95		-	not been taken upon the report of such committee by the other house and such
96		-	motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall not be deemed to have been
97		-	killed thereby and the motion to concur may be renewed but not on the same
98		-	legislative day. If the motion to concur is upon amendments to a bill or
99		-	concurrent resolution for which a conference committee has not been appointed
100		-	and such motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be
101		-	killed.
102		-	(c) Motion to nonconcur; when considered final action; effect of adoption
103		-	of motion. A vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution on a
104		-	motion to nonconcur or to refuse to concur in amendments to such bill or
105		-	concurrent resolution by the other house which is not coupled with a request for
106		-	the appointment of a conference committee shall be considered action on final
107		-	passage of the bill or concurrent resolution and the affirmative and negative
108		-	votes thereon shall be entered in the journal, and the bill or concurrent resolution
109		-	shall be deemed killed on the adoption thereof.
110		-	(d) House of origin refusal to concur or nonconcur; request for conference;
111		-	procedure. When a bill or concurrent resolution is returned by either house to the
112		-	house of origin with amendments, and the house of origin refuses to concur or to
113		-	nonconcur therein, a conference may be requested by a majority vote of the
114		-	members present and voting. Such request shall be transmitted to the other
115		-	house by message which shall include the names of the conferees on the part of
116		-	the requesting house. Upon receipt of any such message, the receiving house
117		-	may, in like manner, approve such conference, and shall thereupon notify the requesting house by message stating the names of its conferees.
118		-	(e) Membership; appointment; chairperson; house of origin of substitute or
119		-	materially changed bill or concurrent resolution; meetings of conference
120		-	committee. Each conference committee shall consist of three members of the
121		-	senate and three members of the house of representatives, unless otherwise fixed
122		-	by agreement of the president of the senate and speaker of the house. Senate
123		-	members shall be appointed by the president of the senate and house members
124		-	shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The president
125		-	or the speaker may replace any conferee previously appointed by such person.
126		-	Not fewer than one member appointed from each house shall be a member of the
127		-	minority political party of such house except when such representation for such
128		-	house is waived by the minority leader of such house. In all cases, the first-
129		-	named member of the house of origin of the bill or concurrent resolution
130		-	assigned to the committee shall be chairperson of the conference committee. The
131		-	house of origin of a substitute bill or substitute concurrent resolution shall be the
132		-	house in which the bill or concurrent resolution in its original form was
133		-	introduced. The chairperson of a conference committee on a bill or concurrent
134		-	resolution the subject matter of which has been ruled to be materially changed
135		-	shall be a member of the house which amended the bill or concurrent resolution
136		-	to materially change the subject matter. Each conference committee shall meet
137		-	on the call of its chairperson. All meetings of conference committees shall be
138		-	open to the public and no meeting shall be adjourned to another time or place in
139		-	order to subvert such policy.
140		-	(f) Conference committee reports; matters which may be included; report
141		-	not subject to amendment; house which acts first on report; copies of reports;
142		-	reports considered under any order of business. Only subject matters which are
143		-	or have been included in the bill or concurrent resolution in conference or in
144		-	bills or concurrent resolutions which have been passed or adopted in either one
145		-	or both houses during the current biennium of the legislature may be included in
146		-	the report of the conference committee on any bill or concurrent resolution
147		-	except in any appropriations bill there may be included a proviso relating to any
148		-	such item of appropriation. Subject to any limitations imposed under the
149		-	constitution of the state of Kansas, no more than a total of four additional bills or
150		-	concurrent resolutions or parts of bills or concurrent resolutions in conference or
151		-	bills or concurrent resolutions or parts of bills or concurrent resolutions which
152		-	have passed in either one or both houses during the current biennium of the
153		-	legislature may be included in the report of the conference committee on any bill
154		-	or concurrent resolution, except that reports of conference committees on any
155		-	taxation bill are not subject to the limitation contained in this provision. A
156		-	conference committee report shall not be subject to amendment. The original
157		-	signed conference committee report shall be submitted to and acted upon first by
158		-	the house other than the house of origin of the bill or concurrent resolution.
159		-	Except when a conference committee report is an agree to disagree coupled with
160		-	a request that a new conference committee be appointed or is a recommendation
161		-	to accede to or recede from all amendments of the second house, electronic and
162		-	paper copies of the report shall be made available to all members of the house
163		-	considering the report not later than 30 minutes before the time of its
164		-	consideration, except that if the report is more than six pages in length no paper
165		-	copies will be required to be distributed to individual members provided that at
166		-	least 10 paper copies of the report are made available to members at the clerk's
167		-	or secretary's desk at the front of the respective house. By written notice, the
168		-	majority leader may direct the clerk or secretary to increase from six pages to
169		-	some greater number of pages the size of conference committee reports that
170		-	need not be distributed by paper copies to individual members pursuant to this
171		-	rule. The affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members present in the house at the time
172		-	of consideration of the report shall be sufficient to dispense with distribution of
173		-	copies of the conference committee report to all members of that house. Reports
174		-	of conference committees may be received and considered under any order of
175		-	business.
	98	+	applicable. The speaker of the house of representatives shall preside at all
	99	+	joint sessions of the senate and house of representatives, and the clerk of
	100	+	the house of representatives shall keep a record of the proceedings thereof
	101	+	and shall enter the record of each such session in the journal of the house
	102	+	of representatives. The rules of the house of representatives and the joint
	103	+	rules of the two houses, insofar as the same may be applicable shall be
	104	+	the rules for joint sessions of the two houses.
	105	+	(c) Votes in joint session; taking; requirements. All votes in a joint
	106	+	session shall be taken by yeas and nays, and in taking the same it shall be
	107	+	the duty of the secretary of the senate first to call the names of the
	108	+	members of the senate, and after which the clerk of the house of
	109	+	representatives shall in like manner call the names of the members of the
	110	+	house. Each member of the senate and the house of representatives
	111	+	present shall be required to vote on all matters considered in joint session,
	112	+	unless excused by a vote of a majority of the members of both houses
	113	+	present.
	114	+	Joint Rule 3. Conference committee procedure. (a) Action by house
	115	+	of origin of bill or concurrent resolution amended by other house. When
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	159	+	a bill or concurrent resolution is returned to the house of origin with
	160	+	amendments by the other house, the house of origin may: (1) Concur in
	161	+	such amendments; (2) refuse to concur in such amendments; or (3) refuse
	162	+	to concur in such amendments and request a conference on the bill or
	163	+	concurrent resolution.
	164	+	(b) Concurrence by house of origin; concurrence prior to taking
	165	+	action on conference committee report by other house; final action; effect
	166	+	of failure of motion to concur. The house of origin of any bill or
	167	+	concurrent resolution may concur in any amendments made by the other
	168	+	house, except that if the bill or concurrent resolution has been referred to
	169	+	a conference committee such action may only be taken prior to the taking
	170	+	of final action upon the conference committee report upon such bill or
	171	+	concurrent resolution by the other house. A vote in the house of origin of
	172	+	any bill or concurrent resolution on a motion to concur in amendments to
	173	+	such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house shall be considered
	174	+	action on the final passage of the bill or concurrent resolution and the
	175	+	affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal. If
	176	+	the motion to concur is upon amendments to a bill or concurrent
	177	+	resolution for which a conference committee has been appointed and
	178	+	action has not been taken upon the report of such committee by the other
	179	+	house and such motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall not be
	180	+	deemed to have been killed thereby and the motion to concur may be
	181	+	renewed but not on the same legislative day. If the motion to concur is
	182	+	upon amendments to a bill or concurrent resolution for which a
	183	+	conference committee has not been appointed and such motion fails, the
	184	+	bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.
	185	+	(c) Motion to nonconcur; when considered final action; effect of
	186	+	adoption of motion. A vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrent
	187	+	resolution on a motion to nonconcur or to refuse to concur in amendments
	188	+	to such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house which is not
	189	+	coupled with a request for the appointment of a conference committee
	190	+	shall be considered action on final passage of the bill or concurrent
	191	+	resolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered
	192	+	in the journal, and the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed killed
	193	+	on the adoption thereof.
	194	+	(d) House of origin refusal to concur or nonconcur; request for
	195	+	conference; procedure. When a bill or concurrent resolution is returned
	196	+	by either house to the house of origin with amendments, and the house of
	197	+	origin refuses to concur or to nonconcur therein, a conference may be
	198	+	requested by a majority vote of the members present and voting. Such
	199	+	request shall be transmitted to the other house by message which shall
	200	+	include the names of the conferees on the part of the requesting house.
	201	+	Upon receipt of any such message, the receiving house may, in like
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	245	+	manner, approve such conference, and shall thereupon notify the
	246	+	requesting house by message stating the names of its conferees.
	247	+	(e) Membership; appointment; chairperson; house of origin of
	248	+	substitute or materially changed bill or concurrent resolution; meetings
	249	+	of conference committee. Each conference committee shall consist of
	250	+	three members of the senate and three members of the house of
	251	+	representatives, unless otherwise fixed by agreement of the president of
	252	+	the senate and speaker of the house. Senate members shall be appointed
	253	+	by the president of the senate and house members shall be appointed by
	254	+	the speaker of the house of representatives. The president or the speaker
	255	+	may replace any conferee previously appointed by such person. Not
	256	+	fewer than one member appointed from each house shall be a member of
	257	+	the minority political party of such house except when such
	258	+	representation for such house is waived by the minority leader of such
	259	+	house. In all cases, the first-named member of the house of origin of the
	260	+	bill or concurrent resolution assigned to the committee shall be
	261	+	chairperson of the conference committee. The house of origin of a
	262	+	substitute bill or substitute concurrent resolution shall be the house in
	263	+	which the bill or concurrent resolution in its original form was
	264	+	introduced. The chairperson of a conference committee on a bill or
	265	+	concurrent resolution the subject matter of which has been ruled to be
	266	+	materially changed shall be a member of the house which amended the
	267	+	bill or concurrent resolution to materially change the subject matter. Each
	268	+	conference committee shall meet on the call of its chairperson. All
	269	+	meetings of conference committees shall be open to the public and no
	270	+	meeting shall be adjourned to another time or place in order to subvert
	271	+	such policy.
	272	+	(f) Conference committee reports; matters which may be included;
	273	+	report not subject to amendment; house which acts first on report; copies
	274	+	of reports; reports considered under any order of business. Only subject
	275	+	matters which are or have been included in the bill or concurrent
	276	+	resolution in conference or in bills or concurrent resolutions which have
	277	+	been passed or adopted in either one or both houses during the current
	278	+	biennium of the legislature may be included in the report of the
	279	+	conference committee on any bill or concurrent resolution except in any
	280	+	appropriations bill there may be included a proviso relating to any such
	281	+	item of appropriation. Subject to any limitations imposed under the
	282	+	constitution of the state of Kansas, no more than a total of four additional
	283	+	bills or concurrent resolutions or parts of bills or concurrent resolutions in
	284	+	conference or bills or concurrent resolutions or parts of bills or concurrent
	285	+	resolutions which have passed in either one or both houses during the
	286	+	current biennium of the legislature may be included in the report of the
	287	+	conference committee on any bill or concurrent resolution, except that
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	331	+	reports of conference committees on any taxation bill are not subject to
	332	+	the limitation contained in this provision. A conference committee report
	333	+	shall not be subject to amendment. The original signed conference
	334	+	committee report shall be submitted to and acted upon first by the house
	335	+	other than the house of origin of the bill or concurrent resolution. Except
	336	+	when a conference committee report is an agree to disagree coupled with
	337	+	a request that a new conference committee be appointed or is a
	338	+	recommendation to accede to or recede from all amendments of the
	339	+	second house, electronic and paper copies of the report shall be made
	340	+	available to all members of the house considering the report not later than
	341	+	30 minutes before the time of its consideration, except that if the report is
	342	+	more than six pages in length no paper copies will be required to be
	343	+	distributed to individual members provided that at least 10 paper copies
	344	+	of the report are made available to members at the clerk's or secretary's
	345	+	desk at the front of the respective house. By written notice, the majority
	346	+	leader may direct the clerk or secretary to increase from six pages to
	347	+	some greater number of pages the size of conference committee reports
	348	+	that need not be distributed by paper copies to individual members
	349	+	pursuant to this rule. The affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members present
	350	+	in the house at the time of consideration of the report shall be sufficient to
	351	+	dispense with distribution of copies of the conference committee report to
	352	+	all members of that house. Reports of conference committees may be
	353	+	received and considered under any order of business.
176	354		(g) Signatures required on conference committee reports. All initial
177		-	conference committee reports other than an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a new conference committee be appointed shall be signed by all of
178		-	the conferees. All initial conference committee reports which are an agreement
179		-	to disagree coupled with a request that a new conference committee be
180		-	appointed shall be signed by a majority of the conferees appointed in each
181		-	house. If a conference committee report which is an agreement to disagree
182		-	coupled with a request that a new conference committee be appointed is not
183		-	adopted, a subsequent conference committee report shall be signed by all
184		-	conferees unless a subsequent conference committee report which is an
185		-	agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a new conference committee
186		-	be appointed is adopted, in which case a conference committee report
187		-	subsequent to the adoption of such report shall be signed by a majority of the
188		-	conferees appointed in each house. All other conference committee reports shall
189		-	be signed by a majority of the conferees appointed in each house.
190		-	(h) Vote to adopt conference committee report final action; effect of failure
191		-	of motion to adopt conference committee report. The vote to adopt the report of
192		-	a conference committee, other than a report of failure to agree coupled with a
193		-	recommendation for appointment of a new conference committee, shall be
194		-	considered final action on the bill or concurrent resolution and the affirmative
195		-	and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal. If the motion fails, the
196		-	bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed. If the motion on a
197		-	conference committee report which is an agreement to disagree coupled with a
	355	+	conference committee reports other than an agreement to disagree
	356	+	coupled with a request that a new conference committee be appointed
	357	+	shall be signed by all of the conferees. All initial conference committee
	358	+	reports which are an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a
	359	+	new conference committee be appointed shall be signed by a majority of
	360	+	the conferees appointed in each house. If a conference committee report
	361	+	which is an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a new
	362	+	conference committee be appointed is not adopted, a subsequent
	363	+	conference committee report shall be signed by all conferees unless a
	364	+	subsequent conference committee report which is an agreement to
	365	+	disagree coupled with a request that a new conference committee be
	366	+	appointed is adopted, in which case a conference committee report
	367	+	subsequent to the adoption of such report shall be signed by a majority of
	368	+	the conferees appointed in each house. All other conference committee
	369	+	reports shall be signed by a majority of the conferees appointed in each
	370	+	house.
	371	+	(h) Vote to adopt conference committee report final action; effect of
	372	+	failure of motion to adopt conference committee report. The vote to adopt
	373	+	the report of a conference committee, other than a report of failure to
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	417	+	agree coupled with a recommendation for appointment of a new
	418	+	conference committee, shall be considered final action on the bill or
	419	+	concurrent resolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall
	420	+	be entered in the journal. If the motion fails, the bill or concurrent
	421	+	resolution shall be deemed to be killed. If the motion on a conference
	422	+	committee report which is an agreement to disagree coupled with a
198	423		request that a new conference committee be appointed fails, the bill or
199	424		concurrent resolution shall not be deemed to have been killed thereby and
200	425		remains in conference.
201		-	(i) Report of conference committee unable to agree; effect of failure to
202		-	request new conference committee; effect of failure of motion to adopt report
203		-	requesting new conference committee. If a conference committee upon any bill
204		-	or concurrent resolution is unable to agree, it shall report that fact to both
205		-	houses. Such report may request that a new conference committee be appointed
206		-	thereon. If the committee so reports but fails to request the appointment of a new
207		-	conference committee thereon, the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed
208		-	to have been killed upon the adoption by either house of such report. If the
209		-	motion to adopt a report requesting the appointment of a new conference
210		-	committee fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.
211		-	(j) Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by conference
212		-	committees and reports thereof; carryover from odd-numbered to even-
213		-	numbered year. Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by a
214		-	conference committee, or a report of which has been filed but no action taken
215		-	thereon in either house, at the time of adjournment of a regular session of the
216		-	legislature held in an odd-numbered year shall remain alive during the interim
217		-	and may be considered by the committee and legislature as the case may be at
218		-	the regular session held in the following even-numbered year.
219		-	Joint Rule 4. Deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills. The
220		-	senate and house of representatives shall observe the following schedule of
221		-	deadlines in making requests for drafting and in the introduction and
222		-	consideration of bills.
	426	+	(i) Report of conference committee unable to agree; effect of failure
	427	+	to request new conference committee; effect of failure of motion to adopt
	428	+	report requesting new conference committee. If a conference committee
	429	+	upon any bill or concurrent resolution is unable to agree, it shall report
	430	+	that fact to both houses. Such report may request that a new conference
	431	+	committee be appointed thereon. If the committee so reports but fails to
	432	+	request the appointment of a new conference committee thereon, the bill
	433	+	or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to have been killed upon the
	434	+	adoption by either house of such report. If the motion to adopt a report
	435	+	requesting the appointment of a new conference committee fails, the bill
	436	+	or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.
	437	+	(j) Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by
	438	+	conference committees and reports thereof; carryover from odd-
	439	+	numbered to even-numbered year. Bills or concurrent resolutions under
	440	+	consideration by a conference committee, or a report of which has been
	441	+	filed but no action taken thereon in either house, at the time of
	442	+	adjournment of a regular session of the legislature held in an odd-
	443	+	numbered year shall remain alive during the interim and may be
	444	+	considered by the committee and legislature as the case may be at the
	445	+	regular session held in the following even-numbered year.
	446	+	Joint Rule 4. Deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills.
	447	+	The senate and house of representatives shall observe the following
	448	+	schedule of deadlines in making requests for drafting and in the
	449	+	introduction and consideration of bills.
223	450		(a) Bill request deadline for individual members. Except for bills
224		-	introduced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no request to draft bills, except those
225		-	made by committees, through their respective chairpersons, shall be made to, or
226		-	accepted by, the office of the revisor of statutes after the hour of 5:00 p.m. on
227		-	January 30, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and on January 29, 2024,
228		-	during the 2024 regular session.
229		-	(b) Bill introduction deadline for individual members. Except as provided
230		-	in (i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by a member or members shall be introduced
231		-	in either house of the legislature after the hour of adjournment on February 8,
232		-	2023, during the 2023 regular session and on February 7, 2024, during the 2024
233		-	regular session. Such deadline for the introduction of bills by individual
234		-	members may be changed to an earlier date in either house at any time by
235		-	resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the
236		-	members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in such house.
237		-	(c) Bill request deadline for certain committees. Except for bills to be introduced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no committee except the committee on
238		-	ways and means of the senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the
239		-	senate, select committees of either house when so authorized, the committee on
240		-	federal and state affairs of either house or the house committees on calendar and
241		-	printing, appropriations and taxation shall make a request to the office of the
242		-	revisor of statutes for any bill to be drafted for sponsorship by such committee
243		-	after the hour of 5:00 p.m. on February 6, 2023, during the 2023 regular session
244		-	and on February 5, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
245		-	(d) Bill introduction deadline for certain committees. Except as provided in
246		-	(i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by any committee of either house of the
247		-	legislature, except the committee on ways and means of the senate, the
248		-	committee on assessment and taxation of the senate, select committees of either
249		-	house when so authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of either
250		-	house or the house committees on calendar and printing, appropriations and
251		-	taxation shall be introduced in either house after the hour of adjournment on
252		-	February 10, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and on February 9, 2024,
253		-	during the 2024 regular session.
	451	+	introduced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no request to draft bills, except
	452	+	those made by committees, through their respective chairpersons, shall be
	453	+	made to, or accepted by, the office of the revisor of statutes after the hour
	454	+	of 5:00 p.m. on January 30, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and on
	455	+	January 29, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
	456	+	(b) Bill introduction deadline for individual members. Except as
	457	+	provided in (i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by a member or members
	458	+	shall be introduced in either house of the legislature after the hour of
	459	+	adjournment on February 8, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and on
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	503	+	February 7, 2024, during the 2024 regular session. Such deadline for the
	504	+	introduction of bills by individual members may be changed to an earlier
	505	+	date in either house at any time by resolution duly adopted by the
	506	+	affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected
	507	+	(or appointed) and qualified in such house.
	508	+	(c) Bill request deadline for certain committees. Except for bills to
	509	+	be introduced pursuant to (i) of this rule, no committee except the
	510	+	committee on ways and means of the senate, the committee on
	511	+	assessment and taxation of the senate, select committees of either house
	512	+	when so authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of either
	513	+	house or the house committees on calendar and printing, appropriations
	514	+	and taxation shall make a request to the office of the revisor of statutes
	515	+	for any bill to be drafted for sponsorship by such committee after the hour
	516	+	of 5:00 p.m. on February 6, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and on
	517	+	February 5, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
	518	+	(d) Bill introduction deadline for certain committees. Except as
	519	+	provided in (i) of this rule, no bill sponsored by any committee of either
	520	+	house of the legislature, except the committee on ways and means of the
	521	+	senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the senate, select
	522	+	committees of either house when so authorized, the committee on federal
	523	+	and state affairs of either house or the house committees on calendar and
	524	+	printing, appropriations and taxation shall be introduced in either house
	525	+	after the hour of adjournment on February 10, 2023, during the 2023
	526	+	regular session and on February 9, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
254	527		(e) House of origin bill consideration deadline. No bill, except bills
255		-	sponsored by, referred to or acted upon by the committee on ways and means of
256		-	the senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the senate, select
257		-	committees of either house when so authorized, the committee on federal and
258		-	state affairs of either house or the house committees on calendar and printing,
259		-	appropriations and taxation shall be considered in the house in which such bill
260		-	originated after the hour of adjournment on February 24, 2023, during the 2023
261		-	regular session and on February 23, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
	528	+	sponsored by, referred to or acted upon by the committee on ways and
	529	+	means of the senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the
	530	+	senate, select committees of either house when so authorized, the
	531	+	committee on federal and state affairs of either house or the house
	532	+	committees on calendar and printing, appropriations and taxation shall be
	533	+	considered in the house in which such bill originated after the hour of
	534	+	adjournment on February 24, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and
	535	+	on February 23, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
262	536		(f) Second house bill consideration deadline. No bill, except bills
263		-	sponsored by, referred to or acted upon by the committee on ways and means of
264		-	the senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the senate, select
265		-	committees of either house when so authorized, the committee on federal and
266		-	state affairs of either house or the house committees on calendar and printing,
267		-	appropriations and taxation shall be considered by either house, not the house of
268		-	origin of such bill, after the hour of adjournment on March 29, 2023, during the
269		-	2023 regular session and on March 28, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
	537	+	sponsored by, referred to or acted upon by the committee on ways and
	538	+	means of the senate, the committee on assessment and taxation of the
	539	+	senate, select committees of either house when so authorized, the
	540	+	committee on federal and state affairs of either house or the house
	541	+	committees on calendar and printing, appropriations and taxation shall be
	542	+	considered by either house, not the house of origin of such bill, after the
	543	+	hour of adjournment on March 29, 2023, during the 2023 regular session
	544	+	and on March 28, 2024, during the 2024 regular session.
270	545		(g) Exceptions to limitation of (d), (e) and (f); procedure. Specific
271		-	exceptions to the limitations prescribed in subsections (d), (e) and (f) may be
272		-	made in either house by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less
273		-	than a majority of the members of such house then elected (or appointed) and
274		-	qualified.
275		-	(h) Deadline which falls on day neither house in session; effect. In the
276		-	event that any deadline prescribed in this rule falls on a day that neither house of
277		-	the legislature is in session, such deadline shall be observed on the next
278		-	following day that either house is in session.
279		-	(i) Bills introduced in odd-numbered years after deadlines; effect. Bills
280		-	may be introduced by members and committees in regular sessions occurring in
281		-	an odd-numbered year after the times prescribed in (b) and (d) of this rule, but
282		-	there shall be no final action thereon by either house during the session when
283		-	introduced. Such bills shall be held over for consideration at the next succeeding
284		-	regular session held in an even-numbered year.
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	589	+	exceptions to the limitations prescribed in subsections (d), (e) and (f) may
	590	+	be made in either house by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of
	591	+	not less than a majority of the members of such house then elected (or
	592	+	appointed) and qualified.
	593	+	(h) Deadline which falls on day neither house in session; effect. In
	594	+	the event that any deadline prescribed in this rule falls on a day that
	595	+	neither house of the legislature is in session, such deadline shall be
	596	+	observed on the next following day that either house is in session.
	597	+	(i) Bills introduced in odd-numbered years after deadlines; effect.
	598	+	Bills may be introduced by members and committees in regular sessions
	599	+	occurring in an odd-numbered year after the times prescribed in (b) and
	600	+	(d) of this rule, but there shall be no final action thereon by either house
	601	+	during the session when introduced. Such bills shall be held over for
	602	+	consideration at the next succeeding regular session held in an even-
	603	+	numbered year.
285	604		(j) Modification of schedule of deadlines for introduction and
286		-	consideration of bills; procedure. In any regular session a concurrent resolution
287		-	may be adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the
288		-	members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house setting forth a
289		-	different schedule of deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills for that
290		-	session and the provisions of such concurrent resolution shall apply to such
291		-	session notwithstanding provisions of this rule to the contrary.
292		-	(k) Bill consideration deadline; exceptions. No bills shall be considered by
293		-	the Legislature after April 6, 2023, during the 2023 regular session and after
294		-	April 5, 2024, during the 2024 regular session except bills vetoed by the
295		-	governor, the omnibus appropriation act and the omnibus reconciliation
296		-	spending limit bill provided for under K.S.A. 75-6702, and amendments thereto.
297		-	This subsection (k) may be suspended for the consideration of a specific bill or bills not otherwise exempt under this subsection by the affirmative vote of a
298		-	majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in the house
299		-	in which the bill is to be considered.
300		-	Joint Rule 5. Closure of meetings to consider matters relating to security.
301		-	Any standing committee of the house of representatives, any standing committee
302		-	of the senate, the legislative coordinating council, any joint committee of both
303		-	houses of the legislature, any special or select committee of the house of
304		-	representatives or the senate, the house of representatives in session, the senate
305		-	in session or a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate may
306		-	meet in closed, executive session for the purpose of receiving information and
307		-	considering matters relating to the security of state officers or employees, or
308		-	both, or the security of buildings and property under the ownership or control of
309		-	the state of Kansas.
310		-	I hereby certify that the above CONCURRENT RESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE,
311		-	and was adopted by that body
312		-
313		-
314		-	Speaker of the House.
315		-
316		-	Chief Clerk of the House.
317		-	Adopted by the SENATE
318		-
319		-	President of the Senate.
320		-
321		-	Secretary of the Senate.
	605	+	consideration of bills; procedure. In any regular session a concurrent
	606	+	resolution may be adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a
	607	+	majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each
	608	+	house setting forth a different schedule of deadlines for introduction and
	609	+	consideration of bills for that session and the provisions of such
	610	+	concurrent resolution shall apply to such session notwithstanding
	611	+	provisions of this rule to the contrary.
	612	+	(k) Bill consideration deadline; exceptions. No bills shall be
	613	+	considered by the Legislature after April 6, 2023, during the 2023 regular
	614	+	session and after April 5, 2024, during the 2024 regular session except
	615	+	bills vetoed by the governor, the omnibus appropriation act and the
	616	+	omnibus reconciliation spending limit bill provided for under K.S.A. 75-
	617	+	6702, and amendments thereto. This subsection (k) may be suspended for
	618	+	the consideration of a specific bill or bills not otherwise exempt under
	619	+	this subsection by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members then
	620	+	elected (or appointed) and qualified in the house in which the bill is to be
	621	+	considered.
	622	+	Joint Rule 5. Closure of meetings to consider matters relating to
	623	+	security. Any standing committee of the house of representatives, any
	624	+	standing committee of the senate, the legislative coordinating council,
	625	+	any joint committee of both houses of the legislature, any special or select
	626	+	committee of the house of representatives or the senate, the house of
	627	+	representatives in session, the senate in session or a joint session of the
	628	+	house of representatives and the senate may meet in closed, executive
	629	+	session for the purpose of receiving information and considering matters
	630	+	relating to the security of state officers or employees, or both, or the
	631	+	security of buildings and property under the ownership or control of the
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	675	+	state of Kansas.1