SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1703
A RESOLUTION concerning the rules of the Senate for 2021-2024; relating to standing committees; increasing the
number of members on the committee on assessment and taxation.
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That Rule 7 of the Rules of the Kansas Senate be
amended to read as follows:
Rule 7. Standing Committees. (a) There shall be a standing committee named the Committee on
Organization, Calendar and Rules which shall consist of three members, the chairperson of which shall be the
president of the Senate, and the vice chairperson of which shall be the majority leader of the Senate. The Vice
President of the Senate shall be a member of the committee. No bill or resolution other than resolutions adopting,
amending or revoking rules of the Senate or Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall be
introduced by or be referred to the Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules.
(b) The following shall be the other standing committees:
Number
of members
1. Agriculture.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2. Assessment and Taxation......................................................................................................................... 9 11
3. Commerce........................................................................................................................................................ 9
4. Confirmation Oversight ................................................................................................................................. 6
5. Education........................................................................................................................... 9
6. Federal and State Affairs................................................................................................. 9
7. Financial Institutions and Insurance............................................................................................................. 9
8. Interstate Cooperation.................................................................................................................................... 9
9. Judiciary........................................................................................................................................................... 9
10. Local Government.......................................................................................................................................... 11
11. Public Health and Welfare.............................................................................................................................. 9
12. Redistricting..................................................................................................................................................... 9
13. Transparency and Ethics............................................................................................................................... 11
14. Transportation................................................................................................................................................. 9
15. Utilities............................................................................................................................................................. 11
16. Ways and Means.............................................................................................................................................. 9
(c) The president of the Senate, with the advice of the majority leader and the vice president of the Senate,
shall appoint the members of each committee, shall appoint the chairperson and vice chairperson or vice
chairpersons thereof and shall designate the ranking minority member of each committee. The minority leader shall
submit recommendations for the appointment of minority members to the standing committees of the Senate to the
Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules. The Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules shall have a
standing subcommittee on calendar which shall be the president of the Senate, the vice president of the Senate and
the majority leader of the Senate. The Majority Leader shall be the chairperson of the subcommittee. The
Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules may establish such other subcommittees of the Committee on
Organization, Calendar and Rules as the Committee deems appropriate.
(d) The Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules shall have a standing subcommittee on rules
which shall be the president of the Senate, the vice president of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate, one
member of the Senate from the majority party appointed jointly by the president of the Senate, the vice president of
the Senate and the majority leader of the Senate and one member who shall be the minority leader of the Senate or
the designee of the minority leader. The chairperson of the subcommittee on rules shall be the vice president of the
Senate. The subcommittee on rules shall consider rules questions arising during a convening of the Senate.
(e) The Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules and all of its subcommittees may close their
meetings.
(f) The two major political parties shall have proportional representation on each standing committee
other than the Committee on Organization, Calendar and Rules. In the event application of the preceding sentence
results in a fraction, the party having a fraction exceeding 0.5 shall receive representation as though such fraction
were a whole number.
(g) The Senate standing Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources shall constitute the successor
committee to the Senate standing Committee on Agriculture and the Senate standing Committee on Natural
Resources for purposes of references in statutory and other documents. The Senate standing Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government shall constitute the successor committee to the Senate standing Committee on
Ethics and Elections and the Senate standing Committee on Local Government.
(h) For purposes of references in statutes and other documents, the Senate standing Committee on Local
Government shall constitute the successor committee to the Senate standing Committee on Ethics, Elections and
Local Government regarding local government matters and the Senate standing Committee on Transparency and
Ethics shall constitute the successor committee to the Senate standing Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local
Government regarding ethics and election matters.
Senate Resolution No. 1703 was sponsored by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.
I hereby certify that the above Resolution originated in the SENATE, and was adopted by that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.