Kansas House Bill HR6004 Amended / Bill

                    {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2025
House Resolution No. 6004
By Representatives Hawkins and Croft
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A RESOLUTION adopting the permanent rules of the House of 
Representatives for the 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 biennium.
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2025-2026
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.
Rule 102. Speaker Taking Chair. Subject to Rule 3303, 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 led 
by a person designated by the Speaker 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. 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 
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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.
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 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.
(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 
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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 
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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 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 mothers who are members 
of the legislature; and (5) } children and grandchildren of members of 
the legislature, if the children or grandchildren do not disrupt the 
proceedings or breach decorum.
(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.
(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.
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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. 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, 
making and receiving of cell phone 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 House 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.
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 to the first semicolon or period, whichever occurs first. 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 
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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 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 
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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 successor committees provided in Rule 1101(b) of the Rules 
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of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 2023-2024 Biennium are 
incorporated by reference. All successor standing committees established 
by Rule 1101 shall inherit the authority and duties of the standing 
committee that such successor committee succeeded for purposes of 
reference in statutes and other documents.
(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 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 
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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. 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.
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;
(3) the names and city and state of residence of persons appearing 
before the 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 such 
reports in accordance with Rule 1308(b) to the chief clerk;
(f) to appoint subcommittees to perform duties on an informal basis;
(g) to inform the Speaker of any committee activity which caused 
any member of the committee to be absent during any recorded vote; and
(h) to determine germaneness of matters before the committee.
Rule 1304. Introduction of Committee Bills and Resolutions. (a) A 
committee may sponsor bills and resolutions for introduction while the 
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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 actions by a committee 
shall be taken at a called meeting while the Legislature is in session. The 
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 
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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 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.  Not 
more than a total of five additional bills or parts of bills may be 
included in a committee report recommended by the committee on 
taxation. Committee reports shall be signed by the chairperson or other 
committee members authorized by the committee chairperson to make 
and sign the report, and shall be transmitted to the House not later than 
the second legislative day following the action of the committee. The 
chairperson shall notify the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives 
when such a committee member has been authorized to make and sign the 
report. An employee of the Office of Revisor of Statutes may transmit a 
signed committee report to the House on behalf of the chairperson or 
authorized committee member. The committee chairperson shall notify to 
the Chief Clerk of such occurrence. 
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 
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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 
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 
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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.
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(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 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. The Speaker may re-
refer any such referred bill to the committee of the whole at any time after 
such referral.
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 presiding officer.
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 presiding officer.
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.
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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 10 minutes in closing 
the debate after the previous question is ordered.
(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 
presiding officer  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 made by 
the Majority Leader or Assistant Majority Leader 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 
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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 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 made by the Majority Leader or Assistant Majority Leader to 
pass over a bill or resolution and that it retain its place on the Calendar or 
(2) a motion made by the Majority Leader or Assistant Majority Leader 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 
presiding officer of the Committee of the Whole.
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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 made by the Majority Leader 
or Assistant Majority Leader 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 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 
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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.
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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 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; 
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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 
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the Whole, a motion to refer a bill or resolution from the Calendar to a 
standing committee 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 
presiding officer 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 
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(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 
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(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 
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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  House 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 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 
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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 
House.
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 House 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.
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(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 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 
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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 House. 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 House 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 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 
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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, call a Kansas constitutional convention and extend a 
session of the Legislature in even-numbered years 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 
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the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified, voting in the 
affirmative.
Rule 2708. Motion to Adopt Report of Conference Committee; 
Limitation on subjects in a Conference Committee. (a) 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.
(b) Only provisos, additional language, a new appropriation, an 
increase in an existing appropriation  or an increase to an expenditure 
limitation that have been included in a bill or concurrent resolution that 
has been passed or adopted in either one or both houses during the current 
biennium of the legislature may be offered or accepted by House 
members in a conference committee.
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 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 or 
appointed and qualified to the House of Representatives and two-thirds of 
the members elected or appointed and qualified 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."
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(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.
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 Tempore shall be members and shall be elected by the members of 
the House, except that the Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tempore shall not 
be eligible to be elected to serve more than two bienniums or terms as 
such officer and except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Rule 
3304. A member who served as Speaker Pro Tempore may be elected by 
the members of the House to serve as Speaker subject to the limitations of 
this rule.
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 
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Speaker shall have the powers and duties as follows:
(a) To preserve order and decorum;
(b) to decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the House;
(c) in the absence of the Speaker Pro Tempore, to appoint any 
member to perform the duties of the presiding officer for not more than 
two consecutive legislative days; and
(d) to name a presiding officer to preside when the House is in 
Committee of the Whole.
Rule 3303. Speaker Pro Tempore. In the absence of the Speaker, the 
Speaker Pro Tempore 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 Tempore shall serve as Acting Speaker until a member is 
elected to fill the vacancy. The Speaker Pro  Tempore 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. When a vacancy 
occurs in the Office of Speaker and the Legislature is in session, the 
House of Representatives shall elect a member to fill the vacancy within 
10 days after the occurrence of the vacancy. The Speaker Pro Tempore 
shall issue a call for a meeting at a time not less than five days and not 
more than 10 days after the occurrence of the vacancy to fill the vacancy. 
The Speaker Pro Tempore shall serve as Acting Speaker until a member is 
elected to fill the vacancy.
(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker Pro Tempore or 
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Speaker shall 
appoint an acting Speaker Pro Tempore 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 
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purpose of filling the vacancy in the office of Minority Leader for the 
remainder of the term of office. 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; determine whether bills and other documents are 
to be printed or in electronic format only; 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.
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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 presiding officer 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 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 
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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. Except as provided by Rule 3502, 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 
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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. Open Meetings. The open meetings 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, except 
as otherwise provided in this Rule or other House Rule. As used in this 
Rule, the term House includes standing committees, select committees, 
special committees and subcommittees of any such committees, where 
applicable. Pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4318(g)(4), the House of 
Representatives is authorized to provide for exceptions to the open 
meetings law. 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 Speaker, the 
Speaker Pro Tempore, the Majority Leader, the Assistant Majority Leader, 
the Majority Whip and the Majority Caucus Chair as members of 
majority leadership may communicate to all members of the majority 
party regarding relevant information or talking points on policy or 
matters pending or anticipated to be pending on the House floor and such 
communications do not constitute a meeting under the open meetings law. 
The Minority Leader, the Assistant Minority Leader, the Minority Whip, 
the Minority Caucus Chair, the Minority Agenda Chair and the Minority 
Policy Chair as members of minority leadership may communicate to all 
members of the minority party regarding relevant information or talking 
points on policy or matters pending or anticipated to be pending on the 
House floor and such communications do not constitute a meeting under 
the open meetings law. If electronic means, such as text messaging or 
other messaging, are used by such members of majority leadership and 
minority leadership, 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 such 
members of majority leadership and minority leadership. The House may 
use customary notice procedures and practices for providing notice rather 
than personal service and such procedures and practices are deemed to 
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constitute notice under the open meetings law. Personal service of notice 
of meetings is not required. A request for notice of action on a specific 
bill or topic is not required to be answered or responded. Reasonable 
notice of a meeting is to be determined based on time and schedules 
pursuant to the legislative session with consideration of the time 
limitations of the legislative session and not based on the practices of 
other public bodies. Agendas of committees and the committee of the 
whole shall be provided pursuant to customary procedures and practices 
of the House but are not subject to personal service pursuant to a request 
for an agenda. The House shall make efforts to provide meetings online 
but are not required to do so and failure to provide online access shall not 
constitute a violation of the open meetings law. Tours of state facilities do 
not constitute a meeting under the open meetings law as long as the tour 
participants do not reach an agreement on a matter that would require 
binding action to be taken. The fact that a committee has followed 
customary procedures and practices of the House is definitive when 
determining whether a violation of the open meetings law has occurred.
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 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 
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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 
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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 
Tempore 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 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 
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vote of those members elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House 
of Representatives.
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