Kansas House Bill HR6004 Latest Draft

                            HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6004
A RESOLUTION adopting the permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 
2023-2024 biennium.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: 
The following rules shall be the permanent rules of the House of 
Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium.
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
2023-2024
ARTICLE 1. HOUSE SESSIONS; GENERAL OPERATION
Rule 101. Time of Meeting. The hour of meeting on the first day of 
each regular session shall be at 2:00 p.m., and on other days, shall be the 
hour set at adjournment on the previous legislative day except that if no 
hour of meeting is set at adjournment on the previous legislative day, the 
hour of meeting shall be 11:00 a.m. No hour of meeting on any day of the 
session shall be set prior to 8:00 a.m., and no meeting on any day of the 
session may continue after 12 midnight, except when a question is under 
consideration, the meeting may continue until the question is disposed. No 
meeting may take place between the hours of 12 midnight and 8:00 a.m. 
on any day of the session.
Rule 102. Speaker Taking Chair. The Speaker shall take the chair 
each day, at the hour to which the House has adjourned. The Speaker shall 
call the House to order and proceed to business in accordance with the 
Rules of the House.
Rule 103. First Business. The first business each legislative day shall 
be the taking of the roll, the taking of roll shall be followed by prayer and 
the prayer shall be followed by the recitation of the pledge of allegiance to 
the flag of the United States of America led by a member designated by 
the Speaker.
Rule 104. Order of Business. (a) The regular order of business each 
legislative day, except on days and at times set apart for the consideration 
of special orders and except as provided by the joint rules of the House 
and Senate, shall be as follows:
(1) Introduction and reference of bills and concurrent resolutions.
(2) Reports of select committees.
(3) Receipt of messages from the Governor.
(4) Communications from state officers.
(5) Messages from the Senate.
(6) Introduction and notice of original motions and house resolutions.
(7) Consideration of motions and house resolutions offered on a 
previous day.
(8) The unfinished business before the House at the time of 
adjournment on the previous day.
(9) Consent calendar.
(10) Final Action on bills and concurrent resolutions.
(11) Bills under consideration to concur and nonconcur.
(12) General Orders.
(13) Reports of standing committees.
(b) The presentation of petitions shall be a special order of business on 
Friday of each week immediately preceding the regular order of business.
Rule 105. Members Excused from Attendance. Members may be 
excused from attendance on any legislative day by the Speaker for the 
following reasons and such reasons shall be shown in the Journal: (1) 
Verified illness; (2) legislative business; and (3) excused absence by the 
Speaker.
Rule 106. Introduction of Guests. Except when permission has been 
given by the Speaker before taking the chair, no guests in the gallery shall 
be introduced to the House.
Rule 107. Session Proforma. (a) The House of Representatives may 
meet from time to time for the sole purpose of processing routine business 
of the House of Representatives. These sessions shall be known as Session  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 2
Proforma.
(b) Time of Meeting. Session Proforma shall be announced at least one 
legislative day in advance with the hour for meeting Proforma set on the 
previous legislative day.
(c) Order of Business. The only orders of business that may be considered 
during Session Proforma are:
(1) Introduction and reference of bills and concurrent resolutions.
(2) Receipts of messages from the Governor.
(3) Communications from State Officers.
(4) Messages from the Senate.
(5) Reports of Standing Committees.
(6) Presentation of Petitions.
(d) Motions. No motion shall be in order other than the motion to adjourn.
(e) Objections. Any objection by any member shall require the Session 
Proforma to adjourn to the next day, Saturday and Sunday excluded, at 11:00 
a.m.
(f) Quorum and Roll. There shall be no requirement for a quorum or taking 
of the roll. No demand for a roll call for a quorum shall be in order.
(g) Effect on Certain Rules. If a legislative day referred to in Rule 1309, 
1503, 1505, 2303, 2705 or 3705 occurs on a legislative day which is also the day 
on which a Session Proforma is held, the term "legislative day" as used in such 
rule means the next legislative day subsequent to the legislative day on which 
the Session Proforma is held.
Rule 108. Rulings on Germaneness, Division of Amendments, Points of 
Order and Procedural Motions. Any member, upon recognition by the 
presiding officer, may request a ruling upon the germaneness of any amendment 
to a bill or resolution, the division of an amendment to a bill or resolution, a 
point of order or a procedural motion. Any such ruling shall be made by the 
chairperson of the House Committee on Rules and Journal, or in the absence of 
the chairperson the vice chairperson of the Committee. At the time of making 
such ruling, the chairperson, or vice chairperson, shall state the reasons or basis 
for such ruling. Appeals from rulings of the chairperson, or vice chairperson, 
may be taken upon the motion of any member. Such appeals shall be in order at 
the time of the making of the ruling and shall take precedence over any question 
pending at the time the chairperson, or vice chairperson, makes such ruling.
Appeals from rulings on questions of germaneness of an amendment shall be 
debatable only by the member making the motion to amend which is the subject 
of the ruling, the member carrying the measure sought to be amended, the 
Majority Leader or a member designated by the Majority Leader and the 
Minority Leader or a member designated by the Minority Leader. Appeals from 
rulings on requests for division of an amendment shall be debatable only by the 
member requesting division of the motion to amend, the member making the 
motion to amend which is the subject of the ruling, the member carrying the 
measure sought to be amended, the Majority Leader or a member designated by 
the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or a member designated by the 
Minority Leader. Appeals from rulings on a point of order or procedural motion 
shall be debatable only by the member raising the point of order or making the 
procedural motion which is the subject of the ruling, the member appealing the 
ruling, the Majority Leader or a member designated by the Majority Leader and 
the Minority Leader or a member designated by the Minority Leader. Each 
member may speak no more than two minutes. Debate shall be limited to the 
question of the ruling of the chairperson, or vice chairperson, and, in the case of 
division of an amendment, shall be limited as provided in Rule 2105.
At the conclusion of debate the presiding officer shall inquire: "Shall the 
chairperson's (or vice chairperson's) ruling be sustained?"
ARTICLE 3. QUORUM
Rule 301. Quorum, What Constitutes. A majority of all members then 
elected (or appointed) and qualified shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of 
a quorum no business shall be transacted by the House, except as provided in 
Rule 107, 302 and 303 or to recess or adjourn.
Rule 302. Absence of Quorum. In the absence of a quorum during any 
session of the House, the members present may do what is necessary to attain a  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 3
quorum. In the absence of a quorum while in the committee of the whole, the 
committee shall rise and report. Reprimand, censure or expulsion may be 
imposed as provided by Article 49 when there is found to be no sufficient excuse 
for absence of a member.
Rule 303. Roll Call to Determine Quorum. A roll call shall be taken to 
determine the existence of a quorum on demand of any member. The result of 
each roll call to ascertain a quorum shall be recorded in the Journal by statement 
of the total number present, naming only the absentees.
ARTICLE 5. CONDUCT IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER
Rule 501. Admission to Floor. (a) During daily sessions, from the time of 
convening until adjournment to the following legislative day, only the following 
classes of persons shall be admitted to the floor of the House, the cloakrooms to 
the east of the house chamber and the hallway at the west of the house chamber: 
(1) Members of the Legislature; (2) officers and employees of the legislative 
branch who are properly identified; (3) persons having permits from the 
Speaker; (4) infants or children who are being breastfed by their mother who is a 
member of legislature.
(b) No person who is an officer or employee of the executive or judicial 
branch of Kansas government or an employee of the federal government shall be 
admitted to the area of the chamber on which legislators' desks are located 
during the time the House of Representatives is in session, except as provided by 
resolution, nor shall any such person be on the floor of the House chamber 
during a call of the House. No person, other than a member, shall lean on the 
railings on the floor of the House chamber next to the area of the chamber on 
which legislators' desks are located during any time the House is on final action.
(c) No person registered with the Secretary of State as a lobbyist shall be on 
the floor of the House chamber 15 minutes before the time of convening the 
daily session until 15 minutes after adjournment to the following legislative day.
(d) The sergeant at arms shall remove all persons from the floor, except 
persons authorized under the Rules of the House or a House resolution.
(e) The provisions of this rule shall not be construed to prevent the right of 
access (through the west hallway) by persons going directly to or returning from 
the offices of the Speaker and the Majority Leader.
Rule 502. Food and Drink. Members may have food or drink, or both, on 
their desks in the House chamber only when the member is present at the 
member's desk.
Rule 503. Galleries. (a) The Speaker may designate that one or both 
galleries of the House and other areas of the House Chamber be utilized as part 
of the House Chamber for the purpose of seat assignments, including temporary 
assignments, to ensure the proper order and conduct of legislative business. In 
such case, all rules of the House related to the Chamber and floor of the House 
are applicable to the galleries and other areas of the House Chamber. In such 
case, no visitors shall be allowed in one or both of the galleries of the House in 
accordance with such designation. If no such designation is made by the 
Speaker, the provisions of subsection (b) are applicable.
(b) Visitors shall be allowed in one or both galleries of the House in 
accordance with directions to the sergeant at arms from the Speaker. Except for 
security personnel authorized by the Speaker, the use of telephones and the 
making of telephone calls in the galleries of the House are prohibited.
Rule 504. Placing Material on Member's Desk. No items or material shall 
be placed upon the desk of any member of the House unless any such item or 
material bears the signature and printed name of the member responsible for its 
distribution. This Rule 504 shall not apply to items or material provided by 
legislative staff.
Rule 505. Photographic Record of Vote. No photographic or similar record 
shall be made of the vote of any member upon any measure upon which a 
division of the assembly has been called.
Rule 506. Wireless Electronic Telecommunications Devices. Except for 
security personnel authorized by the Speaker, the use of wireless electronic 
telecommunications devices emitting an audible sound or tone to announce or 
initiate communications in the House chamber is prohibited during any time the 
House is in session. HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 4
Rule 507. Computer Usage. Computers may be used on the floor of the 
House chamber only for legislative or personal business during any time the 
House is in session.
ARTICLE 7. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Rule 701. Introduction of House Bills and Resolutions. Every House bill 
or resolution intended to be introduced shall be delivered to the chief clerk. The 
delivery shall be by a legislator who is a sponsor of the legislation or by a 
legislator who is the chairperson or vice chairperson of a legislative committee 
that has authorized the introduction, or by a legislative staff person or another 
member of the House authorized by such legislator. Such bill or resolution shall 
contain the name of the legislator or the committee that is the sponsor of the 
legislation and the name of the person, state or local agency, organization or 
entity, if any, that requested the bill for introduction by the legislator or 
committee. In lieu of introduction as provided by this rule, introduction may be 
as provided by law for prefiled bills and resolutions.
Rule 702. Introduction of Senate Bills and Concurrent Resolutions. 
Senate bills and concurrent resolutions sent to the House shall be introduced 
upon reading of the message received by the chief clerk.
Rule 703. Reading of Bills and Resolutions for Introduction. For the 
purpose of introduction, the chief clerk shall read bills and resolutions by title, 
except citations of statutes. The Speaker may require any House resolution to be 
read in full. The name of the sponsor shall be read if there is only one sponsor. If 
there are two sponsors, both names shall be read. If there are more than two 
sponsors, the name of the first sponsor shall be read, followed by the words "and 
others."
Rule 704. Senate Bills and Concurrent Resolutions; Procedure Following 
Introduction. Following introduction, all Senate bills and Senate concurrent 
resolutions when in the House shall follow the same procedure as House bills 
and House concurrent resolutions.
ARTICLE 9. REFERENCE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Rule 901. Reference, Generally. (a) On the day of introduction or the 
following legislative day, the Speaker shall refer each bill to:
(1) A standing committee,
(2) a select committee,
(3) the committee of the whole House,
(4) two or more standing committees separately, or
(5) two or more standing committees jointly.
(b) On the day of introduction or the following legislative day, the Speaker 
shall refer each concurrent resolution:
(1) In any way that a bill may be referred under subsection (a), if the 
concurrent resolution is a proposition to amend the Constitution of Kansas, to 
call a constitutional convention to amend or revise the Constitution of Kansas, to 
ratify an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to apply for a 
United States constitutional convention, or to amend the joint rules of the House 
and Senate;
(2) if the concurrent resolution is not one of those specified in subpart (1) of 
this subsection (b), it may be referred in any way that a bill may be referred 
under subsection (a), or the Speaker may authorize consideration thereof on the 
day of introduction under the order of business introduction and reference of 
bills and concurrent resolutions.
(c) On the day of introduction, the Speaker may refer any House resolution 
(1) in any way that a bill may be referred under subsection (a) or (2) make no 
reference, except the Speaker shall make any reference required by the Rules of 
the House.
(d) Bills or resolutions prefiled under K.S.A. 46-801 et seq., and amendments 
thereto, for the regular session of the legislature held in even-numbered years 
may be referred by the Speaker to the appropriate committee or the committee 
of the whole at any time subsequent to the prefiling of such bill or resolution 
with the chief clerk of the House.
Rule 902. Appropriation Bills. Bills containing more than one item of 
appropriation shall be referred to the standing committee on appropriations, 
except that bills introduced by the committee on appropriations may be referred  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 5
to the committee of the whole House.
Rule 903. Separately Referred Bills and Resolutions. (a) When a bill or 
resolution has been referred separately to two or more standing committees, 
each committee shall consider the bill or resolution separately in the order 
specified by the Speaker.
(b) If the first committee to which a bill or resolution has been separately 
referred reports the bill or resolution adversely, the bill or resolution shall not be 
considered by the second committee, unless returned to the second committee by 
the committee of the whole House in accordance with Rule 1505.
(c) When a bill has been referred separately and the report of the first 
committee was not adverse, the report of the second committee shall be the 
report considered by the committee of the whole House.
Rule 904. Jointly Referred Bills and Resolutions. When a bill or resolution 
is jointly referred, it shall be considered and acted upon at a joint meeting of the 
two committees. The chairperson of the first committee named in the joint 
referral shall be the chairperson of the joint committee when considering such 
bill or resolution.
ARTICLE 11. COMMITTEES; COMPOSITION
Rule 1101. Standing Committees; Names and Members. (a) The standing 
committees of the House shall be the following and have the number of 
members indicated for each:
1. Agriculture and Natural Resources............................................................17
2. Appropriations........................................................................................... 23
3. Child Welfare and Foster Care.................................................................. 13
4. Calendar and Printing.................................................................................. 6
5. Commerce, Labor and Economic Development ...................................... 17
6. Corrections and Juvenile Justice .............................................................. 13
7. Education .................................................................................................. 17
8. Elections.................................................................................................... 13
9. Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications................................................ 17
10. Federal and State Affairs......................................................................... 23
11. Financial Institutions and Pensions ........................................................ 17
12. Health and Human Services.................................................................... 17
13. Insurance................................................................................................. 17
14. Interstate Cooperation .............................................................................. 7
15. Judiciary.................................................................................................. 17
16. Legislative Modernization........................................................................17
17. Local Government................................................................................... 13
18. Rules and Journal ..................................................................................... 7
19. Taxation .................................................................................................. 23
20. Transportation.......................................................................................... 17
21. Veterans and Military.............................................................................. 13
22. Water.........................................................................................................17
23. Welfare Reform........................................................................................13
(b) The house standing committee on commerce and economic 
development shall constitute the successor committee to the house standing 
committee on economic development and tourism, the house standing 
committee on tourism and the house standing committee on tourism and parks 
for purposes of references in statutory or other documents. The house standing 
committee on commerce and economic development shall constitute the 
successor committee to the house standing committee on commerce and labor, 
the house standing committee on economic development and the house standing 
committee on new economy for purposes of references in statutory or other 
documents. The house standing committee on agriculture and natural resources 
shall constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on 
environment for purposes of references in statutory or other documents. The 
house standing committee on insurance and the house standing committee on 
financial institutions shall constitute the successor committees to the house 
standing committee on insurance and financial institutions for purposes of 
references in statutory or other documents. The house standing committee on 
commerce, labor and economic development shall constitute the successor 
committee to the house standing committee on commerce and economic  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 6
development for purposes of references in statutory and other documents. The 
house standing committee on energy and environment and the house standing 
committee on utilities and telecommunications shall constitute the successor 
committees to the house standing committee on energy and utilities for purposes 
of references in statutory and other documents. The house standing committee 
on agriculture shall constitute the successor committee to the house standing 
committee on agriculture and natural resources for purposes of references in the 
following Kansas statutes: K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 2-3805 and 76-4,112. The house 
standing committee on agriculture shall constitute the successor committee to 
the house standing committee on energy and environment for purposes of 
references in the following Kansas statute: K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 66-1285 and shall 
constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on utilities 
and communications for purposes of references in statutory and other 
documents. The house standing committee on financial institutions and pensions 
shall constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on 
financial institutions and the house standing committee on pensions and benefits 
for purposes of references in statutory or other documents. The house standing 
committee on government, technology and security shall constitute the successor 
committee to the house standing committee on veterans, military and homeland 
security for purposes of references in the following Kansas statutes: K.S.A. 74-
2012 and K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 75-5156 and 75-5158. The house standing 
committee on veterans and military shall constitute the successor committee to 
the house standing committee on veterans, military and homeland security for 
purposes of references in statutory or other documents except for references in 
the following Kansas statutes: K.S.A. 74-2012 and K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 75-5156 
and 75-5158. The house standing committee on water and environment shall 
constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on energy 
and environment for purposes of references in the following Kansas statutory 
documents: 65-3407c. The house committee on general government budget shall 
constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on 
government technology and security for purposes of references in the following 
statutes: K.S.A. 74-2012 and K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 75-5156 and 75-5158. The 
house standing committee on energy, utilities and telecommunications shall 
constitute the successor committee to the house standing committee on water 
and environment for purposes of references in statutory and other documents 
and in K.S.A. 65-3407c. For purposes of references in statutes and other 
documents, the House standing Committee on Insurance and Pensions shall 
constitute the successor committee to the House standing Committee on 
Financial Institutions and Pensions for pension matters, the House standing 
Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development shall constitute the 
successor committee to the House standing Committee on Rural Revitalization 
for rural development matters and the House standing Committee on Water shall 
constitute the successor committee to the House standing Committee on Energy, 
Utilities and Telecommunications for water matters. For purposes of references 
in statutes and other documents, the House standing Committee on Agriculture 
and Natural Resources shall constitute the successor committee to the House 
standing Committee on Agriculture. For purposes of references in K.S.A. 46-
3901 and other statutes and other documents, the House standing Committee on 
Child Welfare and Foster Care shall constitute the successor committee to the 
House standing Committee on Children and Seniors. For purposes of references 
in statutes and other documents, the House standing Committee on Financial 
Institutions and Pensions shall constitute the successor committee to the House 
standing Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development. For 
purposes of references in statutes and other documents, the House standing 
Committee on Insurance shall constitute the successor committee to the House 
standing committee on Insurance and Pensions for insurance matters and the 
House standing committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions shall 
constitute the successor committee to the House standing Committee on 
Insurance and Pensions for pension matters.
(c) The House standing Committee on Legislative Modernization shall study 
the Rules of the House of Representatives and make recommendations to the 
Legislature to improve the legislative process, increase transparency and utilize  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 7
technology.
Rule 1102. Committee Appointments. (a) The Speaker shall appoint the 
members of the standing committees. The Speaker may remove or replace any 
such committee member at any time.
(b) The Speaker shall appoint the chairperson and vice chairperson of each 
standing committee. The Speaker may remove or replace any such chairperson 
or vice chairperson at any time.
Rule 1103. Select Committees. The Speaker may appoint select committees 
and the chairpersons and vice chairpersons thereof. The Speaker may remove or 
replace any such chairpersons or vice chairpersons or members of such 
committees. Select committees shall meet on call of the chairperson or when 
directed by the Speaker.
Rule 1104. Announce Appointments. All committee appointments shall be 
announced in open session.
Rule 1105. Budget Committees. (a) There is hereby created the following 
budget committees of the committee on appropriations, which shall have the 
number of members indicated for each:
1. Agriculture and natural resources budget ................................................... 9
2. General government budget........................................................................ 9
3. Higher education budget..............................................................................9
4. K-12 education budget...............................................................................13
5. Legislative budget....................................................................................... 9
6. Social services budget ................................................................................ 9
7. Transportation and public safety budget..................................................... 9
(b) Members of the budget committees are not required to be members of the 
committee on appropriations. The Speaker shall appoint the members, 
chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the budget committees. The Speaker may 
remove or replace any such chairperson, vice chairperson or member at any 
time.
(c) Budget committees shall be advisory to and make recommendations to 
the committee on appropriations regarding matters referred to the budget 
committee by the committee on appropriations. A budget committee is 
authorized to introduce bills or resolutions within the subject matter of the 
budget committee. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, budget committees 
shall be deemed to be standing committees under the rules of the House of 
Representatives. Budget committee meetings are subject to the Kansas open 
meetings act, K.S.A. 75-4317a et seq., and amendments thereto.
ARTICLE 13. COMMITTEES; PROCEDURE
Rule 1301. Committee Meetings; Time and Place. (a) When the 
Legislature is in session, standing committees shall meet at the times and place 
assigned by the Speaker on the call of the chairperson.
(b) Also, when the Legislature is in session, a standing committee shall meet 
upon written request of three members of the committee. Such a request shall be 
submitted to the Speaker and the chairperson at least one legislative day before 
the requested time of meeting. The time and place of a meeting under this 
subsection (b) shall be set by the chairperson with the approval of the Speaker.
Rule 1302. Notice and Agenda for Committee Meetings. The chairperson 
shall provide notice of meetings and an agenda or agenda information to 
committee members, the chief clerk and the public. The chief clerk shall include 
in the calendar such information as is practical.
Rule 1303. Duties of Committee Chairperson. The principal duties of the 
chairperson of a standing committee are:
(a) To preside over meetings of the committee and to put all questions;
(b) to maintain order and decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the 
committee;
(c) to supervise and direct staff of the committee;
(d) to keep, or have the committee secretary keep, subject to the approval of 
the committee at a subsequent meeting, minutes of meetings which shall 
include:
(1) The time and place of each meeting of the committee;
(2) the attendance of committee members; and
(3) the names and city and state of residence of persons appearing before the  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 8
committee and whom each represents; and
(4) when a committee recommends amendments to a bill that strike all 
sections in the bill subsequent to the enacting clause that contain new or 
amendatory language and inserts sections that contain new or amendatory 
language, a notation specifying: (A) The committee that recommended the 
amendment or amendments; (B) the date the amendment or amendments were 
recommended; and (C) the bill number of the source bill or bills, if any, that 
included the inserted sections added to the underlying bill pursuant to the 
amendment or amendments. Such information contained in this subsection shall 
also be included in the committee action index;
(e) to prepare and sign reports of the committee and submit them promptly to 
the chief clerk;
(f) to appoint subcommittees to perform duties on an informal basis; and
(g) to inform the Speaker of any committee activity which caused any 
member of the committee to be absent during any recorded vote.
Rule 1304. Introduction of Committee Bills and Resolutions. (a) A 
committee may sponsor bills and resolutions for introduction while the 
Legislature is in session respecting any matters referred to it. Requests for 
introduction of bills made before a committee shall be made by a legislator or a 
person, state or local agency, organization or entity. A legislator whose purpose 
is to request introduction of a bill on behalf of a person, state or local agency, 
organization or entity shall state such purpose when making the request. All 
requests for introduction, when approved by the committee, along with the name 
of the person requesting the introduction of the bill and the name of any person, 
organization or entity on whose behalf such request is made, shall be recorded in 
the minutes. Unless approved by the Speaker, a standing committee may sponsor 
bills and resolutions for introduction only within the general subject area 
assigned to the committee. No standing committee shall originate a bill which is 
substantially identical with any bill which has been referred to another standing 
committee, and which is under consideration by such committee.
(b) Requests for bill introductions shall be the first order of business for 
each committee meeting, except that for committees subject to the committee 
bill request deadline specified in joint rule 4(c) of the joint rules of the Senate 
and House of Representatives, until the last day for committee to request bills 
for introduction in such joint rules. The person making the request shall state for 
the minutes of the committee such person's name, a short description of the bill, 
the RS number and the name of the individual or organization on behalf of 
which the bill is being requested, if any. To be considered, a request must have 
previously been assigned an RS number by the Office of Revisor of Statutes. 
Requests for bill introductions shall be deemed accepted as offered unless there 
is objection by a committee member. Upon objection, a vote of the committee 
will be required to accept the request for introduction.
Rule 1305. Quorum of a Committee. A quorum shall be present at a 
meeting for a committee to act officially. A quorum of a committee is a majority 
of the members of the committee. A quorum of a committee may transact 
business and a majority of the quorum, even though it is a minority of the 
committee, may adopt a committee report.
Rule 1306. Voting in Committees. (a) All final actions by a committee shall 
be taken at a called meeting while the Legislature is in session. The final action 
taken shall be recorded in the committee minutes. An individual member's vote 
may be recorded at the member's request.
(b) The committee chairperson may vote but shall not be required to vote 
unless the committee is equally divided. If the chairperson's vote makes the 
division equal, the question shall be lost.
(c) An action formally taken by a committee cannot be altered in the 
committee except by reconsideration and further formal action of the committee.
(d) A motion to take from the table may be adopted by the affirmative vote of 
a majority of the members present at any called meeting of the committee.
Rule 1307. Procedure in General. Committee procedure shall be informal, 
but where any questions arise thereon, the rules or practices of the House are 
applicable except that the right of a member to speak to any question shall not 
be subject to the limitations prescribed by Rule 1704. All motions in a  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 9
committee shall require a second.
Rule 1308. Committee Action on Bills and Resolutions. (a) A committee 
shall not take action to report a bill out of committee on the same day that the 
committee holds a hearing on the bill unless the committee approves such action 
by a two-thirds vote.
(b) A committee may recommend amendments to measures referred to it 
which are germane to the subject of the measure. Committee recommendations 
shall be made by committee report to the House. Committee reports shall be 
signed by the chairperson or other committee members authorized by the 
committee to make the report, and shall be transmitted to the House not later 
than the second legislative day following the action of the committee. If a 
committee recommends amendments to a bill or resolution referred to it that 
strike all sections in the bill or resolution subsequent to the enacting clause that 
contain new or amendatory language or resolving clause and inserts sections that 
contain new or amendatory language, and the bill or resolution was sponsored 
by an individual member or members, the committee becomes the sponsor of the 
bill or resolution and the committee name will be printed on the bill as the 
sponsor.
(c) All committee reports on bills and resolutions shall be recorded in the 
Journal.
(d) If amendments are pending on a measure when referred to a committee, 
the amendments accompany the bill and the committee may recommend the 
adoption or rejection of the amendments already proposed and make further 
recommendations.
Rule 1309. Motion to Withdraw a Bill or Resolution from a Committee. 
(a) If a committee does not report on any bill or resolution within 10 legislative 
days after its reference to the committee, the bill or resolution may be withdrawn 
from the committee by an affirmative vote of 70 members of the House. Such a 
motion shall be made in writing, giving the reasons for withdrawal from the 
committee. Such motion shall be made under the order of business introduction 
and notice of original motions and House resolutions. Only one bill or resolution 
may be named in such a motion. The motion shall be read by the chief clerk or 
the member making the motion and shall be printed in the calendar of the next 
legislative day under the order of business consideration of motions and House 
resolutions offered on a previous day. The motion shall be considered on the 
legislative day following the day it is made. If the motion prevails, the bill or 
resolution shall be placed on the calendar under the order of business General 
Orders.
(b) Motions to withdraw a bill or resolution from a committee are not subject 
to amendment or debate.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this rule shall not apply to 
resolutions adopting or amending rules of the House. Resolutions relating to the 
adoption or the amendment of rules of the House may be withdrawn from the 
Committee on Rules and Journal at any time by the affirmative vote of 63 
members of the House.
Rule 1310. Wireless Electronic Telecommunications Devices. Except for 
security personnel authorized by the Speaker, the use of wireless electronic 
telecommunications devices emitting an audible sound or tone to announce or 
initiate communications in a committee room is prohibited during any time 
when a committee or subcommittee is in session in the room.
ARTICLE 15. CALENDAR LOCATION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Rule 1501. General Orders; Description and Function. Bills, concurrent 
resolutions and House resolutions reported for further action by the committee 
to which they were referred and bills and concurrent resolutions referred directly 
to the committee of the whole shall constitute the General Orders of the calendar 
of the House. The titles of such bills and resolutions shall appear under the 
heading General Orders in the order directed by the Speaker and the Majority 
Leader. The reporting committee and its action on the bill or resolution shall be 
shown under each bill and resolution. Such bills and resolutions shall be 
considered by the committee of the whole in the order which they appear on 
General Orders. The Speaker and the Majority Leader may consult with the  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 10
Committee on Calendar and Printing in preparing the order of bills and 
resolutions under this rule.
Rule 1502. Posting of Sequence for Succeeding Day. When the Speaker 
and the Majority Leader have prepared the sequence of bills and resolutions to 
appear on General Orders for the succeeding legislative day, a copy of the list 
giving the number designation of each bill and resolution in the order they are to 
appear shall be posted near the entrance to the House chamber. No bill or 
resolution shall appear on General Orders or be considered in the committee of 
the whole without notice of the same having been announced in the House not 
later than 4:00 p.m. or prior to adjournment if at a later hour on the previous day.
Rule 1503. Change in the Sequence on General Orders. (a) The order of a 
bill or resolution on General Orders may be changed by unanimous consent or 
by the affirmative vote of 70 members on a motion made as provided in this 
subsection. Such a motion shall be made in writing, giving the reasons for the 
proposed change. Such motion shall be made under the order of business 
introduction and notice of original motions and House resolutions. Only one bill 
or resolution may be named in such a motion. The motion shall be read by the 
chief clerk or the member making the motion and shall be printed in the calendar 
of the next legislative day under the order of business consideration of motions 
and House resolutions offered on a previous day. The motion shall be considered 
on the legislative day following the day it is made. If such a motion fails, a 
motion to change the order on General Orders of such bill shall not be in order 
until the fifth legislative day following such failure.
(b) Motions to change the order of a bill or resolution on General Orders are 
not subject to amendment or debate.
(c) This Rule 1503 does not apply to the addition or removal of a bill or 
resolution from General Orders.
Rule 1504. Adversely Reported Bills and Resolutions; Calendar 
Location. Bills and resolutions that are adversely reported shall appear on the 
calendar for one day under the heading bills adversely reported.
Rule 1505. Motion to Move Adversely Reported Bill or Concurrent 
Resolution to General Orders. (a) A motion to add an adversely reported bill 
or resolution to General Orders shall be made in writing. Such motion shall be 
made under the order of business introduction and notice of original motions and 
House resolutions, and such motion may not be made after the legislative day 
when the bill or resolution appears on the calendar under Rule 1504. The motion 
shall be read by the chief clerk or the member making the motion and shall be 
printed in the calendar of the next legislative day under the order of business 
consideration of motions and House resolutions offered on a previous day. The 
motion shall be considered on the legislative day following the day it is made.
(b) When a bill or resolution has been separately referred and is adversely 
reported by the first committee of separate reference, a motion to add the 
adversely reported bill or resolution to General Orders is not in order, but a 
motion to move the adversely reported bill or resolution to the next committee 
of separate reference may be made in the same manner as the motion in 
subsection (a).
(c) Adoption of a motion under this Rule 1505 requires the affirmative vote 
of 70 members of the House.
(d) If a motion under subsection (a) prevails, the words "Adversely 
Reported" shall be printed in a line below the title of the bill when it is listed on 
General Orders.
Rule 1506. Motion to Lay on Table Bill or Resolution while on Final 
Action Subject to Amendments and Debate. When a motion to lay on the 
table a bill or resolution is adopted while on final action subject to amendment 
and debate, on the next legislative day such bill or resolution shall be placed on 
the calendar under the order of business the unfinished business before the 
House at the time of adjournment on the previous day.
Rule 1507. Disposition of Bills Subject to Certain Deadlines. Any bill 
which is subject to a deadline for consideration under subsection (e) or 
subsection (f) of Joint Rule 4 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of 
Representatives and which remains on General Orders at the close of business 
on such deadline day shall be considered as killed and shall be stricken from the  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 11
calendar unless such bill is referred by the speaker to a committee before the 
close of business on such day. Any bill so referred shall be subject to all 
applicable deadlines under the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of 
Representatives.
ARTICLE 17. MEMBERS ADDRESSING THE HOUSE
Rule 1701. Requesting the Floor. Any member desiring to request the floor 
shall press the member's "speak bill" button, and shall not proceed until 
recognized by the chair.
Rule 1702. Order During Speaking. While a member is speaking to the 
House, no other member shall engage in private conversation or pass between 
the member speaking and the chair.
Rule 1703. When Question is Put. While a question is being put or a roll 
call or division is being taken, members are not to speak or leave their seats.
Rule 1704. Violation of Rules While Speaking. (a) Members shall address 
the House from the microphone located in the well of the House chamber.
(b) No member shall speak more than twice on the same day to the same 
question without leave of the House, unless the member is the mover or is 
carrying the measure, in which case such member may open and close the 
debate and may respond to direct questions from other members addressed to 
them during the course of consideration of the measure. For the purposes of this 
subsection, an amendment to any measure shall be considered as a separate and 
independent question.
(c) The privilege of a member carrying a measure to open and close the 
debate shall not be affected by any order for the previous question or that debate 
shall cease. Such member may occupy 20 minutes in closing the debate after the 
previous question is ordered and may divide that time with other members.
(d) While a member is carrying a measure, such member may yield to 
another member for explanation of the measure, or for personal explanation, or 
for a motion to adjourn without losing the privilege to carry the measure for the 
remainder of their time except that such member may not yield to any member 
who has already spoken twice on such question on the same day.
(e) If any member, in speaking, violates the rules of the House, the chair shall 
call such member to order.
Rule 1705. Point of Personal Privilege. Except when permission has 
otherwise been given by the Speaker before taking the chair:
(a) A member shall be allowed to raise a point of personal privilege only for 
the following purposes: (1) Recognition of another member or former member 
of the House; or (2) recognition of an individual or group which has received 
statewide or national award or statewide or national recognition.
(b) A member shall be allowed to speak not more than five minutes in 
making a point of personal privilege.
ARTICLE 19. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Rule 1901. Motion to go into Committee of the Whole House. When the 
order of business General Orders is reached, a motion shall be in order for the 
House to go into Committee of the Whole for consideration of bills and 
resolutions as listed on General Orders.
Rule 1902. Committee of the Whole; Normal Procedure. Bills and 
resolutions shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole as follows: If the 
standing committee has recommended that the bill or resolution be amended, the 
standing committee report shall first be considered, and if it is adopted, the bill 
as amended by the committee report shall be considered and amendments from 
the floor are in order. If the committee report is not adopted, or if the committee 
has recommended no amendments, the bill, without committee amendments, 
shall be considered and amendments from the floor are in order. After the 
original bill, together with standing committee amendments if any, has been 
considered, a motion that when the committee arises it report a bill favorably, or 
report a bill favorably as amended, shall not be in order until all other motions 
have been disposed of, and such a motion shall not be offered as a substitute 
motion. A motion to strike the enacting clause is in order at any stage until the 
final vote is announced. The motion to strike the enacting clause may be debated 
upon the merit of the proposition, and shall not be subject to amendment or 
substitution. A roll call vote shall be taken upon a motion to strike the enacting  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 12
clause.
Rule 1903. Motion to Pass Over a Bill or Resolution While in Committee 
of the Whole. When in the Committee of the Whole, either (1) a motion to pass 
over a bill or resolution and that it retain its place on the Calendar or (2) a 
motion to pass over a bill or resolution and that it retain a place on General 
Orders shall be in order only after the chairperson has announced that the next 
order of business is such bill or resolution and has recognized a member to carry 
it. Either motion shall require the vote of a majority of the members present for 
adoption. Motions under this rule shall not be subject to debate.
Rule 1904. Motions to Refer Bills or Resolutions to a Committee While 
in Committee of the Whole. When in the Committee of the Whole, a motion 
may be made to refer a bill or resolution to a standing committee only after the 
chairperson has announced that the next order of business is such bill or 
resolution and has recognized a member to carry it. Such motion shall require 
the vote of a majority of the members present for adoption.
Rule 1905. Striking Bills and Resolutions from the Calendar While in 
Committee of the Whole. (a) While in Committee of the Whole, a motion to 
strike a bill or resolution from the calendar shall be in order only after the 
chairperson has announced that the next order of business is such bill or 
resolution and has recognized a member to carry it.
(b) A motion to strike a bill from the calendar under this Rule 1905 (1) shall 
require a vote of a majority of the members present for adoption, and (2) shall be 
subject to roll call in accordance with subsection (e) of Rule 2507, but shall not 
be subject to a call of the House under Rule 2508.
Rule 1906. Requesting the Floor. Any member desiring to request the floor 
shall press such member's "speak bill" button to speak on a bill or offer an 
amendment and "speak amendment" button to speak on a pending amendment, 
and shall not proceed until recognized by the chairperson of the Committee of 
the Whole.
Rule 1907. Rules Applicable. The same rules, except Rule 2508, shall be 
observed in the Committee of the Whole as in the House, so far as the same are 
applicable, except that the previous question and the motion to lay on the table 
shall not apply.
Rule 1908. Rise and Report. A motion for the Committee of the Whole to 
rise and report shall be in order at any stage, and shall be decided without 
debate. When the Committee of the Whole has a bill under consideration and 
rises without final action thereon, the bill shall retain a place on General Orders.
Rule 1909. Effect of Recommendation of Committee of the Whole. Bills 
recommended for passage and resolutions recommended for adoption by the 
Committee of the Whole shall not be subject to amendment or debate after the 
adoption by the House of the Committee of the Whole report. When a bill or 
resolution is reported with the recommendation that the enacting or resolving 
clause be stricken, and the Committee of the Whole report is adopted by the 
House, the bill or resolution shall be considered as killed and shall be stricken 
from the calendar.
Rule 1910. Report of Committee of the Whole. When the report of the 
Committee of the Whole recommends the passage of a bill or adoption of a 
resolution, and the report is adopted by the House, such bills and resolutions 
shall be considered as ordered to the order of business Final Action. If the bill or 
resolution has been amended by the Committee of the Whole it shall be 
reprinted.
ARTICLE 21. AMENDMENT OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Rule 2101. Germaneness. Amendments to bills and resolutions shall be 
germane to the subject of the bill or resolution. The principal test of whether an 
amendment is germane shall be its relationship to the subject of the bill or 
resolution, rather than to wording of the title thereof. The amendment, including 
any amendment from the floor to strike all of the substantive provisions of a bill 
or resolution and insert other provisions, must be relevant, appropriate, and have 
some relation to or involve the same subject as the bill or resolution to be 
amended. For the purposes of this rule the subject matter of any appropriation 
bill is the spending and appropriating of money and any amendment which 
changes the amount of money spent in any state agency or program is germane  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 13
to any appropriation bill.
Rule 2102. Form of Amendment Motions. Motions to amend bills and 
resolutions shall specify the page and line number, as shown on the printed bill 
or resolution, and shall be in writing on a form provided by the House or a form 
substantially similar. A motion shall be out of order unless the written motion is 
first delivered to the chief clerk. In the case of amendment by substitute bill, 
motion shall be made to substitute a written bill for the bill under consideration.
Rule 2103. Reading Amendments; General Rule. Motions to amend bills 
and resolutions shall not require readings as for bills introduced, except as 
otherwise provided in Rule 2107, but shall be subject to Rule 2306.
Rule 2104. Motions to Amend Motions. A motion to amend a motion to 
amend a bill or resolution shall not be in order.
Rule 2105. Dividing Amendments. (a) When any motion to amend a bill or 
resolution contains distinct propositions, it shall be divided by the presiding 
officer at the request of any member. The division by the presiding officer shall 
be made in accordance with the following:
(1) A motion to strike out and insert words of less than a sentence shall be 
indivisible;
(2) the distinct propositions shall be only in the form submitted in the motion 
to amend;
(3) each proposition must be so distinct that, one being removed, the 
remainder may stand entirely on their own; and
(4) those portions of a motion to amend a bill as described in Rule 2110 shall 
be indivisible.
(b) Upon a request to divide a motion to amend a bill or resolution, the 
presiding officer shall inquire as to whether there is a request for a ruling on 
germaneness of the motion to amend. If such a request is made, the issue of 
germaneness shall be determined prior to dividing the motion.
If no request for a ruling on germaneness of the motion to amend is made, 
the presiding officer shall proceed to divide the motion to amend in accordance 
with this rule, and no subsequent request for a ruling on germaneness of any 
distinct proposition of the motion so divided shall be in order.
(c) The presiding officer, or any member, may request that the member 
requesting the division make the request in writing specifying the manner in 
which the motion to amend should be divided.
(d) The division of the motion to amend shall be in accordance with the rules 
of the House and with items (1) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (a). The ruling of 
the chairperson of the Committee on Rules and Journal, or in the chairperson's 
absence the vice chairperson of the Committee, on how to divide the motion to 
amend shall not be subject to appeal except that any member may appeal the 
ruling of the chairperson, or vice chairperson, on the grounds that the division is 
not in accordance with a rule of the House including the provisions of items (1), 
(2), (3) or (4) of subsection (a), or any combination thereof.
Rule 2106. Substitute Motions. No substitute motion to amend a bill or 
resolution shall be in order.
Rule 2107. Subject Change by Senate. (a) When the Senate adopts 
amendments to a House bill which materially changes its subject, upon return of 
such bill to the House, it shall be read as provided for the introduction of bills 
and be referred as provided in Rule 901.
(b) The Speaker may determine when a bill is subject to subsection (a). An 
affirmative vote of 70 members shall be required to sustain a challenge to the 
Speaker's determination hereunder.
Rule 2108. Motions to Strike Out and Insert. The rejection of a motion to 
amend a bill or resolution by striking out and inserting one proposition shall not 
prevent a motion to strike out and insert another proposition, nor prevent a 
subsequent motion simply to strike out; nor shall the rejection of a motion 
simply to strike out prevent a subsequent motion to strike out and insert.
Rule 2109. Identical Motions. Except upon the unanimous consent of the 
House, an identical motion to amend a bill or resolution shall not be made a 
second time on the same legislative day.
Rule 2110. Floor Amendments to Bills Making Appropriations.  Unless 
by majority consent to correct an error in drafting, no floor amendment to  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 14
increase the amount of expenditures that would be authorized in a provision of 
an appropriations bill shall be in order unless the amendment contains a 
provision reducing, by a like or greater amount, expenditures that would be 
authorized in another provision of such appropriations bill.
ARTICLE 23. PROCEDURAL MOTIONS
Rule 2301. Order of Motions. When a question is under consideration, no 
motion shall be received except as specified under the Rules of the House, 
which motions shall have precedence in the following order:
(a) For adjournment of the House.
(b) For call of the House.
(c) To lay on the table.
(d) For the previous question.
(e) To postpone to a certain time.
(f) To commit to a standing committee.
(g) To commit to a select committee.
(h) To reject the adoption of reports of conference committees coupled with 
the request for appointment of a new conference committee.
(i) To adopt the report of conference committees.
(j) To amend.
(k) To postpone indefinitely.
Rule 2302. Motion to Adjourn. The motion to adjourn shall always be in 
order, except while a vote is being taken and until announced, or when a 
member has the floor, or when the previous question is pending; but a motion to 
recess is not equivalent to a motion to adjourn.
Rule 2303. Motion to Reconsider. A motion to reconsider shall take 
precedence of all other questions except the motion to adjourn. No motion for 
reconsideration of any vote shall be in order, unless made on the same day or the 
legislative day following that on which the decision to be reconsidered took 
place, nor unless a member voting with the prevailing side shall move such 
reconsideration. A motion for reconsideration, being put and lost, shall not be 
renewed, nor shall any subject or vote be a second time reconsidered without 
unanimous consent, but this provision shall not be construed as preventing the 
introduction of a bill on the same subject. The member moving for 
reconsideration shall be allowed not more than two minutes for stating the 
reasons in support of the motion. Such motion shall be subject to debate by any 
member, stating reasons in support or opposition to the motion. Each of such 
members shall be allowed not more than one minute for the purpose of such 
debate. Such motion shall require the affirmative vote of members equal in 
number to that required to take the action proposed to be reconsidered. A motion 
to reconsider any final action of the House shall be in order at any time prior to 
the time at which the message of the House thereon is read into the record of the 
Senate. A motion to reconsider any final action of the House may be made after 
the time at which the message of the House thereon is read into the report of the 
Senate but any action taken pursuant thereto will be contingent upon the return 
of the measure to the House by the Senate.
Rule 2304. Previous Question. The "previous question" shall be: "Shall the 
main question be now put?" and until it is decided shall preclude all 
amendments or debate. When voting on the previous question, the House 
decides that the main question shall not now be put, the main question shall be 
considered as still remaining under debate. The main question shall be on the 
passage of the bill, resolution or other matter under consideration. When 
amendments are pending, a vote shall first be taken upon such amendments in 
their order without further debate or amendment. A majority vote of the 
members present shall order the previous question.
Rule 2305. Motions Not Subject to Debate. All questions relating to 
priority of business shall be decided without debate. The motion to adjourn, to 
change the order of consideration of a bill, for a call of the House, and to lay on 
the table shall be decided without amendment or debate. The several motions to 
postpone or commit shall preclude all debate on the main question.
Rule 2306. Motion to Refer Bills or Resolutions to Committee When Not 
in Committee of the Whole. When not in the Committee of the Whole, a 
motion to refer a bill or resolution from the Calendar to a standing committee  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 15
shall be in order only when the body is meeting as the House of Representatives 
and shall be authorized only when offered by the Majority Leader, or in the 
absence of the Majority Leader, by the Assistant Majority Leader. Such motion 
shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members then elected (or 
appointed) and qualified to the House.
Rule 2307. Motion to Strike Bills and Resolutions from Calendar When 
Not in Committee of the Whole. When not in the Committee of the Whole, a 
motion to strike a bill or resolution from the Calendar shall be in order only 
when the body is meeting as the House of Representatives and shall be 
authorized only when offered by the Majority Leader, or in the absence of the 
Majority Leader, by the Assistant Majority Leader. Such motion shall require the 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and 
qualified to the House.
Rule 2308. Stating Question. Every motion shall be first stated by the 
presiding officer or read by the chief clerk, before debate, and again 
immediately before putting the question.
Rule 2309. Dividing Motion. If any motion, other than a motion under Rule 
2105, contains distinct propositions, it shall be divided by the chairperson at the 
request of any member. Motions under Rule 2105 shall be divided in accordance 
with that rule.
Rule 2310. When Motions to be in Writing. Every motion, except those 
specified in Rules 2301 and 2303, shall be in writing if the Speaker or any 
member desires it. All motions to amend a bill or resolution and all resolutions 
shall be in writing.
Rule 2311. Suspension of Rules of the House. (a) No rule of the House 
shall be suspended except by unanimous consent or by an affirmative vote of a 
majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House, 
subject to the following exceptions:
(1) A motion to suspend the rules, and to declare an emergency and to 
advance a bill to the order of business Final Action, as contemplated in article 2, 
section 15 of the Constitution shall require an affirmative vote of 
2
/3 of the 
members present in the House.
(2) A motion to suspend the rules and to permit amendment and debate of a 
bill under the order of business Final Action shall require an affirmative vote of 
2
/3 of the members present in the House.
(b) When under the rules of the House a motion, question or action requires a 
vote of a majority greater than a majority of the members present, the majority 
specified for such motion, question or action shall be required to suspend the 
rules for the purpose of such motion, question or action. When under the rules of 
the House notice of a motion reduces the required majority for adoption of the 
motion, the required majority shall not be reduced if the notice is disposed of by 
suspension of the rules.
(c) Suspension of the rules or unanimous consent shall not reduce the 
majority required under subpart (1) of subsection (a) of this rule.
Rule 2312. Mason's Manual; When Applicable. (a) In any case where rules 
of the House or the joint rules of the Senate and House do not apply, Mason's 
Manual of Legislative Procedure (2020 edition), with the exception of section 4, 
paragraph 2, shall govern.
(b) Rules of legislative procedure are derived from several sources and take 
precedence in the order listed below. For the Kansas House of Representatives, 
the principal sources are as follows: (a) Constitutional provisions; (b) statutory 
provisions; (c) adopted rules; (d) adopted parliamentary authority; (e) custom, 
usage and precedents.
ARTICLE 25. VOTING
Rule 2501. Control and Use of Voting System. The electronic voting 
system shall be under the control of the Speaker or other presiding officer and 
shall be operated by the chief clerk. The electronic voting system shall be used 
to record the vote whenever a roll call vote is taken on any question and may be 
used for ascertaining the vote upon any measure upon which a division of the 
assembly has been called. In the event that the system is not operating properly, 
roll call votes may be taken by calling the roll.
Rule 2502. Procedure for Taking a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 16
taken, the presiding officer shall state the question and instruct the members to 
proceed to vote. When sufficient time has been allowed the members to vote, the 
presiding officer shall inquire: "Has every member had an opportunity to vote?" 
After a short pause the presiding officer shall direct the chief clerk to close the 
roll. After the roll has been closed, when Rule 2505 applies, the presiding officer 
shall inquire: "Does any member desire to explain his or her vote?" and any 
member so desiring may give such explanation when recognized by the 
presiding officer. The presiding officer shall inquire: "Does any member desire 
to change his or her vote?" If any member does desire to change his or her vote, 
such member when recognized by the presiding officer, shall advise how they 
desire to change such vote and the presiding officer shall then instruct the chief 
clerk to make the appropriate change. A member who has not previously voted 
may vote at this time when permitted by the presiding officer. Such member 
shall advise how they wish to vote and the presiding officer shall then instruct 
the chief clerk to record such vote. After all members who desire to vote or to 
change their votes have had reasonable opportunity to do so, the presiding 
officer shall announce the vote and, when the vote has been announced, shall 
direct the chief clerk to record the vote.
Rule 2503. Display of Recurring Totals. Under Rule 2502, recurring totals 
shall be displayed only after the roll is closed. No recurring totals shall be 
displayed for a determination of the vote upon a division of the assembly.
Rule 2504. Voting by Members. (a) A member may vote only when at their 
desk or at any place within the chamber of the House when authorized by the 
presiding officer, who shall direct the chief clerk to so vote for such member.
(b) No member shall vote for another member. No person not a member shall 
cast a vote for a member, except as otherwise provided in the rules. In addition 
to such penalties as may be prescribed by law, any member who votes or 
attempts to vote for another member shall be subject to Article 49 of these rules. 
If a person not a member votes or attempts to vote for any member, such person 
shall be barred from the floor of the House for the remainder of the session, and, 
in addition to penalties prescribed by law, may be punished further as the House 
determines.
(c) The Speaker shall not be compelled to vote except in case of a tie.
Rule 2505. Explaining Vote. Any member may, when a roll call vote is 
being taken on the passage or adoption of any bill or resolution, explain their 
vote. Such member shall be allowed not more than one minute for such 
explanation. Such explanation, if furnished in writing and signed, with printed 
name and district number, by such member by 3:00 p.m. upon the day the vote 
is taken or, if the vote is taken subsequent to 2:30 p.m., within one-half hour 
after the adjournment of the House on that day, shall be entered in the Journal, 
provided it does not contain more than 100 words. Such submission should also 
be submitted in electronic format to the chief clerk under the same time 
deadline.
Rule 2506. Copies of Voting Records. (a) Unless otherwise ordered, the 
chief clerk shall record each roll call vote and make copies available for the use 
of the news media. No record shall be made of the vote of any member voting 
upon any measure upon which a division of the assembly has been called.
(b) When a roll call vote is taken, it shall be recorded in the Journal by a 
statement of the names and total number voting in the affirmative, the names 
and total number voting in the negative, names and total number indicating 
presence but not voting and the names and total number absent or not voting, 
except that the provisions of this section shall not permit a member to fail to 
vote in violation of Rule 2508.
Rule 2507. When Roll Call Vote to be Taken. (a) A roll call vote shall be 
taken for the passage of any bill.
(b) A roll call vote shall be taken for the adoption of any concurrent 
resolution to amend the Constitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas 
constitutional convention, to extend a session of the Legislature in even-
numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the Constitution of the United 
States, to make any application for Congress to call a convention for proposing 
amendments to the Constitution of the United States and when required by the 
joint rules of the House and Senate. A roll call vote is not required for adoption  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 17
of concurrent resolutions pertaining to commendations or acknowledgments, 
unless required under subsection (e) of Rule 2507.
(c) A roll call vote shall be taken for the adoption of any House resolution to 
adopt, amend or revoke any rule of the House or to reject any executive 
reorganization order.
(d) A roll call vote shall be taken to concur in Senate amendments to any bill 
or concurrent resolution or to adopt any conference committee report other than 
a report agreeing to disagree.
(e) A roll call vote shall be taken on any question on demand of 15 members, 
unless a roll call vote is already pending.
Rule 2508. Call of the House. (a) A call of the House shall be ordered on the 
demand of any 10 members at any stage of the voting previous to the 
announcing of the vote or, if the voting system is used, prior to recording the 
vote. This Rule 2508 shall apply to the taking of a vote upon the final passage of 
any bill or final adoption of any resolution whether under the order of business 
Final Action or under any order of business. Also, this Rule 2508 shall apply to 
the taking of a vote on a motion to strike the enacting clause of a bill and the 
resolving clause of a resolution and on a motion to strike all after the enacting 
clause or resolving clause, except when the House is in the Committee of the 
Whole. When the call of the House is invoked, the doors to the House chamber 
shall be secured and all members shall be required to be in their seats unless 
excused by the Speaker. All members present during the call shall be required to 
vote before the call is raised. The call of the House shall not be raised (so long 
as 10 members continue the demand) until a reasonable effort, as determined by 
the Speaker, has been exerted to secure absentees.
(b) Any member, who is directly interested in a question, may be excused 
from voting, when there is a call of the House. The member, who is requesting 
to be excused from voting, shall state the reasons therefor, occupying not more 
than five minutes. The question on excusing such member from voting shall be 
taken without debate and a 
2
/3 majority of members present shall be necessary to 
excuse such member. If a member refuses to vote, when not excused, such 
refusal shall constitute grounds for reprimand, censure or expulsion under 
Article 49 of the Rules of the House.
Rule 2509. Voice Vote; Division of the Assembly. Except when a roll call 
vote is required, a voice vote shall be taken on all questions. Any member may 
call for a division of the assembly to determine the vote by the voting system.
ARTICLE 27. FINAL ACTION
Rule 2701. Description and Function. Subject to Rule 2705, bills and 
resolutions reported favorably by the Committee of the Whole shall constitute 
the order of business Final Action of the House. The titles of such bills and 
resolutions shall appear under the heading Final Action in numerical order. The 
standing committee which reported it and the Committee of the Whole action on 
the bill or resolution shall be shown under each thereof.
Rule 2702. Reading and Vote. Each bill and resolution under the order of 
business Final Action shall be read by title, except citations of statutes amended 
or repealed and a roll call vote shall then be taken upon final passage or 
adoption without amendment or debate.
Rule 2703. Amendment and Debate, When. Upon motion as provided in 
subpart (2) of subsection (a) of Rule 2311 or when recommended in the 
Committee of the Whole report which has been adopted by the House, bills or 
resolutions may be debated and amended on Final Action prior to the vote taken 
upon final passage or adoption. Each bill or concurrent resolution considered 
under this Rule 2703 shall be considered in the manner provided in Rule 1902 so 
far as it is applicable. A motion to strike the enacting clause or resolving clause 
shall be in order.
Rule 2704. Speaker to Preside. Subject to Rule 3303, the Speaker shall 
preside during the order of business Final Action.
Rule 2705. Consent Calendar. Whenever a standing committee is of the 
opinion that a bill or concurrent resolution upon which it is reporting is of a 
noncontroversial nature, it shall so state in its committee report. Whenever a bill 
or concurrent resolution is so reported, it shall be placed upon the Consent 
Calendar. Each bill or concurrent resolution placed on the Consent Calendar  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 18
shall remain thereon for at least two full legislative days before being considered 
under the order of business Final Action. Under the order of business Consent 
Calendar and prior to the call for the vote, any member may object to the bill or 
concurrent resolution as being controversial and thereupon it shall be removed 
from the Consent Calendar and shall be placed on General Orders. If no 
objection is made prior to the call for the vote on the bill or concurrent 
resolution, it shall be ordered to Final Action for vote before other bills and 
concurrent resolutions on Final Action.
Rule 2706. Majority for Bill Passage. As provided in section 13 of article 2 
of the Constitution of Kansas, a majority of the members then elected (or 
appointed) and qualified, voting in the affirmative, shall be necessary for the 
passage of a bill.
Rule 2707. Vote Required for Adoption of House Resolutions and 
Concurrent Resolutions. (a) A majority of the members then elected (or 
appointed) and qualified voting in the affirmative shall be necessary to adopt 
House resolutions and concurrent resolutions, except as otherwise specified in 
these rules.
(b) Adoption of concurrent resolutions to amend the Constitution of the state 
of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend a session of the 
Legislature in even-numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the 
Constitution of the United States and to make any application for Congress to 
call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United 
States shall require the number of votes required by the Constitution of the state 
of Kansas to pass such concurrent resolution. When required by the joint rules of 
the House and Senate, a concurrent resolution shall require a 
2
/3 majority of the 
members then elected (or appointed) and qualified, voting in the affirmative.
Rule 2708. Motion to Adopt Report of Conference Committee. The 
member carrying the report of a conference committee shall move that such 
report be adopted prior to yielding the floor to any other member and a motion 
to adopt a report of a conference committee shall not be offered as a substitute 
motion.
ARTICLE 29. RESOLUTIONS
Rule 2901. Resolving Clause; Form. (a) Concurrent resolutions to amend 
the Constitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional 
convention, to extend a session of the Legislature in even-numbered years, to 
ratify any amendment of the Constitution of the United States, to make any 
application for Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the 
Constitution of the United States and when required by the joint rules of the 
House and Senate shall have a resolving clause which reads, "Be it resolved by 
the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to the 
House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate 
concurring therein."
(b) Concurrent resolutions for any purpose other than subsection (a) shall 
have a resolving clause which reads, "Be it resolved by the House of 
Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring therein."
(c) House resolutions shall have a resolving clause which reads, "Be it 
resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas."
Rule 2902. House Resolutions; Introduction and Consideration. (a) 
House resolutions, except for those changing rules of the House or approving or 
rejecting executive reorganization orders, shall lay over at least one legislative 
day before action is taken thereon and do not require a roll call vote unless 
required under subsection (e) of Rule 2507.
(b) House resolutions shall be considered under the order of business 
consideration of motions and House resolutions offered on a previous day, 
except House resolutions to (1) adopt, amend or revoke any rule of the House or 
(2) when the resolution has been referred to a standing committee and reported 
favorably. Resolutions under subparts (1) and (2) shall take a place on General 
Orders when favorably reported or when referred to the Committee of the Whole 
by the Speaker.
Rule 2903. Resolutions; Limitations. (a) Appropriations shall not be made 
by resolutions.
(b) Resolutions do not require approval of the Governor. HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 19
Rule 2904. Applications for Introduction of certain Resolutions; 
Certificate of the House. Notwithstanding any other rule of the House of 
Representatives to the contrary, no House resolution or concurrent resolution 
which congratulates, commemorates, commends, honors or is in memory of any 
individual, entity or event shall be introduced by a member or committee of the 
House of Representatives unless application for approval of the introduction of 
such resolution is first made to the Speaker, and the resolution is approved for 
introduction by the Speaker. The application shall be determined on the basis of 
content alone. The Speaker shall consider all such applications and shall 
determine whether a House resolution or House concurrent resolution should be 
approved for introduction, or whether a certificate of the House should be 
approved for issuance or whether no action should be taken on the application. 
The speaker may consult with the Committee on Calendar and Printing in 
making determinations under this rule.
ARTICLE 33. MEMBER OFFICERS
Rule 3301. Elected Member Officers. The Speaker and the Speaker Pro 
Tem shall be members and shall be elected by the members of the House, except 
that the Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tem shall not be eligible to be elected to 
serve more than two bienniums or terms and except as otherwise provided in 
subsection (b) of Rule 3304.
Rule 3302. Duties of the Speaker. In addition to other powers and duties of 
the Speaker provided by the Rules of the House and by law, the Speaker shall 
have the powers and duties as follows:
(a) To preserve order and decorum;
(b) to take such actions and measures as necessary to secure the health and 
safety of the public, legislative staff and members to conduct legislative business 
by directing changes in House protocol and procedures from the provisions of 
House rules 101 through 107, 501 through 507, 1305, 1701, 1704, 1906, 2501 
through 2509, 3501 through 3507 and 4305. A member may challenge any such 
action or measure made by the Speaker. Such challenge shall be made by a 
motion offered on the previous day and shall be upheld by an affirmative vote of 
a majority of the members elected or appointed;
(c) to decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the House;
(d) in the absence of the Speaker Pro Tem, to appoint any member to perform 
the duties of the chair for not more than two consecutive legislative days; and
(e) to name a chairperson to preside when the House is in Committee of the 
Whole.
Rule 3303. Speaker Pro Tem. In the absence of the Speaker, the Speaker 
Pro Tem shall exercise the powers and duties of the Speaker.
Rule 3304. Filling Certain Vacancies. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the 
office of Speaker and the Legislature is adjourned to a date more than 60 days 
after the occurrence of the vacancy, the House of Representatives shall meet 
within 30 days and elect a member to fill the vacancy. The Speaker Pro Tem 
shall within 10 days of such occurrence issue a call for such meeting at a time 
not less than 10 days and not more than 20 days after the date of the call.
(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker Pro Tem or Majority 
Leader of the House of Representatives, the Speaker shall appoint an acting 
Speaker Pro Tem or acting Majority Leader, to serve until the convening of the 
next session of the Legislature, at which time the vacancy shall be filled in the 
manner provided for the original election or selection of such officer.
(c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Minority Leader of the House of 
Representatives and the Legislature is adjourned to a date less than 30 days after 
the occurrence of the vacancy, the Assistant Minority Leader shall become the 
acting Minority Leader to serve until the convening of the next session of the 
Legislature, at which time the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided for 
the original selection of such officer. When a vacancy occurs in the office of the 
Minority Leader of the House and the Legislature is adjourned to a date 30 days 
or more after the occurrence of the vacancy, the Assistant Minority Leader shall 
within 10 days after such occurrence issue a call for a meeting of the members 
of the minority party at a time not less than 10 and not more than 20 days after 
the date of the call to be held in the state capitol for the purpose of filling the 
vacancy in the office of Minority Leader for the remainder of the term of office.  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 20
From the time of the occurrence of such vacancy until the filling of the vacancy, 
the Assistant Minority Leader shall serve as acting Minority Leader and shall 
exercise the powers and duties of the Minority Leader.
When a vacancy occurs in the office of Assistant Minority Leader, the 
Minority Leader shall appoint an Assistant Minority Leader to serve until the 
convening of the next session of the Legislature, at which time the vacancy shall 
be filled in the manner provided for the original selection of such officer.
Any person elected, appointed or designated to fill a vacancy under this rule 
shall exercise all of the duties and powers prescribed for the office so filled.
ARTICLE 35. NONMEMBER OFFICERS
Rule 3501. Chief Clerk; Appointment. The chief clerk shall be appointed 
by the Speaker and shall serve under the Speaker's direction, control and 
supervision and at the pleasure of the Speaker. As used in the Rules of the 
House, "chief clerk" means the chief clerk appointed under this Rule 3501 or a 
person designated by the chief clerk to perform a function of the chief clerk.
Rule 3502. Duties of the Chief Clerk. The chief clerk shall supervise the 
keeping of and be responsible for a record of all proceedings of the House; 
number and present to the House all bills, resolutions, petitions and other papers 
which the House may require; deliver all messages from the House to the 
Senate; transmit bills and other documents to be printed and take a receipt 
therefor; transmit bills for engrossment and take receipt therefor; receive all 
bills, resolutions and other papers which are enrolled and give receipt therefor; 
and cause all enrolled bills, resolutions and other documents to be proofread and 
corrected prior to signing thereof by officers of the House.
Rule 3503. Other Clerks. The chief clerk shall appoint additional clerks and 
personnel to assist in performance of the duties of the chief clerk. Such 
additional clerks and personnel shall serve under the chief clerk's direction, 
control and supervision and at the pleasure of the chief clerk.
Rule 3504. Document Care. No bill, resolution, petition or other document 
shall be loaned or delivered to any person, except when delivered to an officer of 
the House, to the director of printing, the revisor of statutes or the Senate and 
only upon a written receipt therefor.
Rule 3505. Sergeant at Arms; Appointment. The sergeant at arms shall be 
appointed by the Speaker and shall serve under the Speaker's direction, control 
and supervision and at the pleasure of the Speaker.
Rule 3506. Duties of the Sergeant at Arms. The sergeant at arms shall 
preserve order within the chamber of the House and its lobby and galleries. The 
sergeant at arms may arrest and take into custody any person for disorderly 
conduct, subject at all times to the authority of the House or Speaker, or 
chairperson of the Committee of the Whole, and shall be responsible for the 
enforcement of Rules 501 through 506 and 2506(a). The sergeant at arms shall 
receive items or material for distribution among the members of the House. The 
sergeant at arms shall execute all orders of the House not otherwise provided for.
Rule 3507. Assistant Sergeants at Arms. The Speaker may appoint and 
remove assistant sergeants at arms to serve under the supervision of the sergeant 
at arms. All doorkeepers shall be assistant sergeants at arms.
ARTICLE 37. AMENDMENT OF RULES OF THE HOUSE
Rule 3701. Adopting, Amending or Revoking Rules of the House. No rule 
of the House shall be adopted, amended or revoked except by a House resolution 
which has been adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members 
then elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House.
Rule 3702. Resolutions for Rule Changes. (a) Notwithstanding any other 
rule of the House, the Speaker shall refer all resolutions which provide for the 
adoption, amendment or revocation of any House rule to the standing 
Committee on Rules and Journal before its consideration by the House.
(b) No resolution relating to the rules of the House which has been referred 
to the standing Committee on Rules and Journal shall be tabled or reported 
adversely by such committee except by the unanimous vote of all members of 
such committee.
Rule 3703. Printing. Resolutions to which this Article 37 apply shall be 
printed and are subject to subsection (c) of Rule 2507.
Rule 3704. Adoption of Resolutions. Resolutions to which this Article 37  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 21
apply shall be subject to Rule 2902.
Rule 3705. Special Sponsorship of Rule Change Resolutions. 
Notwithstanding any provision of the rules of the House to the contrary, no 
referral to the standing Committee on Rules and Journal shall be required for the 
adoption of a resolution adopting, amending or revoking any one or more rules 
of the House at the commencement of a legislative session, and adoption of any 
such resolution shall require only the affirmative vote of not less than a majority 
of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified, subject to the 
following conditions: (a) The resolution is sponsored by the Speaker or the 
standing Committee on Rules and Journal and (b) either (1) a copy thereof is 
mailed to each member by deposit in the United States mails not later than 11:00 
p.m. on the Thursday preceding the Monday on which the legislative session is 
to commence or (2) in lieu of mailing, copies of the resolution are made 
available to members on the first day of the legislative session and consideration 
under Rule 3704 occurs on the second legislative day.
ARTICLE 39. FORM AND PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Rule 3901. Bills Amending Existing Statutes. Any bill intended to amend 
or repeal any section or sections of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall recite in 
its title the section or sections to be amended or repealed, and if to amend or 
repeal any section of a session law not in the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the 
section and chapter of the session law affected.
Rule 3902. Bills, Copies. Each bill introduced shall consist of an original 
and copies. All bills shall be printed with as many copies as the Speaker 
specifies. Except for prefiled bills, printing shall be ordered subsequent to 
introduction.
Rule 3903. Showing Committee Amendments. (a) All bills and resolutions 
reported by a committee with recommendation for amendments and to be passed 
as amended shall be reprinted.
(b) When a committee recommends amendments to a bill that strike all of 
the material in the bill subsequent to the enacting clause and insert new material, 
the reprinted bill shall contain a notation specifying: (1) The committee that 
recommended the amendment or amendments; (2) the date the amendment or 
amendments were recommended; and (3) the bill number of the source bill or 
bills, if any, that included the inserted new material to the underlying bill 
pursuant to the amendment or amendments. Additionally, the source bill or bills 
shall be reprinted with a notation specifying the bill to which the material from 
the source bill was inserted pursuant to an amendment as described in this 
subsection.
Rule 3904. Substitute Bills and Substitute Concurrent Resolutions. (a) 
When a substitute bill is recommended by a committee report, and when an 
amendment from the floor is adopted replacing the bill under consideration with 
a substitute bill, the substitute bill shall be printed in the manner provided for 
bills introduced, and the bill number designation shall be substantially as 
follows:
(1) In the case of bills substituted for House bills, "Substitute for House Bill 
No. _____," and the blank shall be filled with the number of the bill for which 
substitution is made or recommended.
(2) In the case of bills substituted for Senate bills, "House Substitute for 
Senate Bill No. _____," and the blank shall be filled with the number of the bill 
for which substitution is made or recommended.
(b) When a substitute concurrent resolution is recommended by a committee 
report, and when an amendment from the floor is adopted replacing the 
concurrent resolution under consideration with a substitute concurrent 
resolution, the substitute concurrent resolution shall be printed in the manner 
provided for concurrent resolutions introduced, and the concurrent resolution 
number designation shall be substantially as follows:
(1) In the case of concurrent resolutions substituted for House concurrent 
resolutions, "Substitute for House Concurrent Resolution No. ____," and the 
blank shall be filled with the number of the concurrent resolution for which 
substitution is made or recommended.
(2) In the case of concurrent resolutions substituted for Senate concurrent 
resolutions, "House Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution No. ____," and  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 22
the blank shall be filled with the number of the concurrent resolution for which 
substitution is made or recommended.
Rule 3905. Appropriation Bills. All bills making an appropriation shall be 
printed and distributed, or shall be made available to members electronically 
online and all members shall be notified by E-mail, at least 24 hours before such 
bills are considered by the House.
Rule 3906. Committee of the Whole Amendments. If a bill or concurrent 
resolution is amended by the Committee of the Whole: (a) The bill shall be 
reprinted showing the amendments; and
(b) when such amendments strike all of the material in the bill subsequent 
to the enacting clause and insert new material, such reprinted bill shall contain a 
notation specifying: (1) The member that offered the amendment or 
amendments; (2) the date the amendment or amendments were recommended; 
and (3) the bill number of the source bill or bills, if any, that included the 
inserted new material to the underlying bill pursuant to the amendment or 
amendments. Additionally, the source bill or bills shall be reprinted with a 
notation specifying the bill to which the material from the source bill was 
inserted pursuant to an amendment as described in this subsection.
Rule 3907. Concurrent Resolutions, When Printed. (a) Concurrent 
resolutions to amend the Constitution of Kansas, to call a constitutional 
convention to amend the Kansas constitution, to ratify amendments to the 
Constitution of the United States, to apply for a United States constitutional 
convention or to amend the joint rules of the House and Senate shall be printed 
as provided for bills under Rule 3902.
(b) Other concurrent resolutions shall be printed as provided for bills under 
Rule 3902, unless otherwise directed by the Speaker.
Rule 3908. Embellished Printing of Certain Resolutions. Unless otherwise 
directed by the Speaker, not more than five copies of any enrolled House 
resolution and any enrolled House concurrent resolution may be printed on 
embellished parchment and shall be distributed as directed by the resolution. 
Additional copies of any resolution may be printed on embellished parchment 
and mailed at the expense of the member requesting such additional copies.
Rule 3909. House Resolutions. Subject to Rule 3908, House resolutions 
shall not be printed, except resolutions to amend rules of the House, to approve 
or disapprove executive reorganization orders or if the resolution has been 
referred to a committee, in which cases the resolution shall be printed.
ARTICLE 41. JOURNAL AND CALENDAR
Rule 4101. Journal; Preparation. The daily Journal of the House of 
Representatives shall be prepared by the chief clerk in accordance with the 
Rules of the House.
Rule 4102. Entering in Journal. When a bill, order, motion or resolution is 
entered in the Journal, the names of the members or legislative committee 
introducing or moving the same shall be entered.
Rule 4103. Resolutions in Journal. All House resolutions and all House 
concurrent resolutions shall be printed in the Journal when introduced.
Rule 4104. Messages from the Governor in Journal. All messages from 
the Governor and all executive reorganization orders shall be printed in the 
Journal.
Rule 4105. Calendar; Preparation. The House Calendar shall be prepared 
for each legislative day by the chief clerk in accordance with the Rules of the 
House.
Rule 4106. Status of Bills and Resolutions Shown in Calendar. The status 
of all House and Senate bills and concurrent resolutions and House resolutions 
shall be shown by number in the Calendar for each legislative day.
Rule 4107. Copies of Journals and Calendars. Each member shall be 
furnished with a printed copy of the daily Journal and the daily Calendar.
Rule 4108. Notations Related to Certain Committee of the Whole 
Amendments in Journal. When a bill is amended by the Committee of the 
Whole as described in Rule 3906(b), the notation provided in Rule 3906(b) shall 
be entered in the Journal.
ARTICLE 43. MISCELLANEOUS
Rule 4301. Employees; Employment. Such employees as are necessary to  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 23
enable the officers, members and committees to properly perform their duties 
and transact the business of the House with efficiency and economy shall be 
recruited under the supervision of the director of legislative administrative 
services subject to approval of the Speaker. The director of legislative 
administrative services shall keep a roster of the employees of the House and an 
account of the hours of service performed. No employee shall lobby for or 
against any measure pending in the Legislature and any employee violating this 
rule shall be discharged immediately.
Rule 4302. Special Order. Any matter may be made the special order for 
any particular time or day, but all requests and motions for special orders shall 
be referred to the Committee on Rules and Journal, which may designate 
particular times and days for such special orders and report to the House for its 
approval. Upon adoption of such report by 2/3 of the members present, the 
matters designated shall stand as special orders for the times stated, but no 
special order shall be made more than seven days in advance. This Rule 4302 
shall not apply to executive reorganization orders or resolutions relating thereto.
Rule 4303. Petitions; Presentation. Petitions and memorials addressed to 
the House shall be presented by a member.
Rule 4304. Petitions; Endorse Name. Each member presenting a petition or 
memorial shall endorse it with their name or the name of the committee, and a 
brief statement of its subject.
Rule 4305. Open Meetings. The open meeting law (K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., 
and amendments thereto) shall apply to meetings of the House of 
Representatives and all of its standing committees, select committees, special 
committees and subcommittees of any of such committees. Caucuses of the 
House majority party may be closed as determined by the Majority Leader. 
Caucuses of the House minority party may be closed as determined by the 
Minority Leader. The Majority Caucus Chair and Majority Whip may 
communicate to all members of the majority party regarding relevant 
information on matters pending or anticipated to be pending on the House floor. 
The Minority Caucus Chair and Minority Whip may communicate to all 
members of the minority party regarding relevant information on matters 
pending or anticipated to be pending on the House floor. If electronic means, 
such as text messaging or other messaging, are used by the Majority Caucus 
Chair, Majority Whip, Minority Caucus Chair or Minority Whip, there shall not 
be any interactive communication function for caucus members to communicate 
with each other at once, including, but not limited to, a chat room or group text 
messaging. If a caucus member responds to a communication via electronic 
means, no other caucus member shall receive such communication other than 
the Majority Caucus Chair, Majority Whip, Minority Caucus Chair or Minority 
Whip. 
ARTICLE 45. EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDERS
Rule 4501. Referral of Executive Reorganization Orders. Whenever an 
executive reorganization order is received from the Governor, it shall be referred 
to an appropriate committee by the Speaker.
Rule 4502. Committee Report on Executive Reorganization Orders. If 
the committee to which an executive reorganization order is referred 
recommends that the executive reorganization order be disapproved, the 
committee, not later than 15 calendar days after referral of the executive 
reorganization order to the committee, shall introduce a resolution for 
disapproval of the executive reorganization order. Such resolution shall be 
accompanied by the report of the committee recommending that the resolution 
be adopted.
Rule 4503. Return in Event of Committee's Failure to Report. If a 
committee fails to report upon an executive reorganization order within 15 
calendar days after the executive reorganization order is referred to the 
committee, the committee shall be deemed to have recommended approval of 
the executive reorganization order.
Rule 4504. Special Order of Business for ERO. When a resolution for 
disapproval of an executive reorganization order is introduced and accompanied 
by the committee's report recommending adoption of the resolution, action on 
the resolution shall be made the special order of business on a particular day and  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 24
hour specified by the Speaker but not later than the last day the executive 
reorganization order may be disapproved under section 6 of article 1 of the 
Constitution of Kansas. A resolution for disapproval of an executive 
reorganization order shall be considered under the order of business Final Action 
and shall be subject to debate and final action by the House.
Rule 4505. Nonapplication to Bills. This Article 45 shall not apply to bills 
amending or otherwise affecting executive reorganization orders.
Rule 4506. Nonaction When Moot. The House shall act on any resolution 
for disapproval of an executive reorganization order unless at the time set for 
such action the Senate has already rejected such executive reorganization order.
ARTICLE 47. IMPEACHMENT
Rule 4701. Impeachment; Powers. Nothing in the rules of the House or in 
any statute shall be deemed to impair or limit the powers of the House of 
Representatives with respect to impeachment.
Rule 4702. Same; Select Committee. The Speaker may appoint a select 
committee comprised only of members of the House of Representatives, and 
appoint its chairperson, to inquire into any impeachment matter. Any such 
committee may be appointed at any time and shall meet at the call of its 
chairperson or at the direction of the House, with the numbers of such 
appointees being minority party members and majority party members in the 
same proportion as for the entire House membership.
Rule 4703. Same; Reference. The Speaker may refer any impeachment 
inquiry or other impeachment matter to any standing committee or any select 
committee appointed under Rule 4702, and any committee to which such a 
referral has been made shall meet on the call of its chairperson.
Rule 4704. Same; Report. Whenever a report is made by a committee to 
which an impeachment inquiry or other impeachment matter has been referred, 
the report thereon shall be made to the full House of Representatives, except that 
any such report may be submitted preliminarily to the Speaker.
Rule 4705. Same; Call into Session. The Speaker or a majority of the 
members then elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House of 
Representatives may call the House of Representatives into session at any time 
to consider any impeachment matter.
Rule 4706. Same; Procedure. The Speaker and any officer or committee 
acting under authority of this rule may follow any statutory procedure to the 
extent the same is not in conflict with the provisions of this rule, but nothing in 
this rule nor in any statute shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any inherent 
powers of the House of Representatives.
ARTICLE 49. REPRIMAND, CENSURE OR EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
Rule 4901. Complaint. When any member of the House of Representatives 
desires to lodge a complaint against any other member of the House of 
Representatives, requesting that the member be reprimanded, censured or 
expelled for any misconduct, the complaining member shall file a written 
statement of such complaint with the chief clerk, and such complaint shall bear 
the signature of the complaining member.
Rule 4902. Select Committee; Consideration of Complaint. (a) Whenever 
any complaint has been filed under Rule 4901, the Speaker shall appoint a select 
committee of six members for consideration thereof except that if the complaint 
is filed against the Speaker, the Speaker Pro Tem shall appoint the select 
committee of six members. A select committee created under this subsection (a) 
shall be comprised equally of majority and minority party members.
(b) The select committee may dismiss the complaint after the inquiry or may 
set the matter for hearing. Reasonable notice and an opportunity to appear shall 
be afforded the member complained of at any hearing held hereunder. Any select 
committee meeting under authority of this section shall constitute an 
investigating committee under article 10 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes 
Annotated and shall be authorized to meet and exercise compulsory process 
without any further authorization of any kind, subject, however, to limitations 
and conditions prescribed in article 10 of chapter 46 of Kansas Statutes 
Annotated.
(c) Upon completing its hearing the deliberations thereon, the select 
committee may dismiss the complaint or may make recommendations to the full  HOUSE RESOLUTION No.-- page 25
House of Representatives for reprimand, censure or expulsion.
Rule 4903. Action by House. Upon receiving any report under Rule 4902, 
the House of Representatives may, without further hearing or investigation, 
reprimand, censure or expel the member complained of. Reprimand, censure or 
expulsion of a member shall require a 
2
/3 majority vote of those members elected 
(or appointed) and qualified of the House of Representatives.
House Resolution No. 6004 was sponsored by Representatives Daniel Hawkins, 
Christopher Croft and Vic Miller.
  
I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE, and was 
adopted by that body
                                                                             
                                                                                  
Speaker of the House.     
                                                                                  
Chief Clerk of the House.