January 11, 1999

Journal of the House

FIRST DAY

Topeka, KS, Monday, January 11, 1999, 2:00 p.m.

This being the day fixed by the Constitution of the State of Kansas for the assembling of
the 1999 session of the legislature, the House of Representatives was called to order at 2:00
p.m. by Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State.

Prayer by the Rev. Helen C. Svoboda, Curate, Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Topeka, who
will serve as Chaplain during the 1999 session:

Holy God

In whom we live and move and have our being:

As we begin another year

in the Kansas House of Representatives

Help us always be mindful

Of the world outside these walls.

Help us remember the individuals

That make up our districts.

Help us understand how the words we debate here

Will affect the lives of those who depend on us.

Keep us

Humble and strong,

Attentive and understanding,
Patient and kind
So that when this session closes,

Kansas will be better for the time we spent together.

We ask this for your Love's sake.

Amen.

And now, may the blessing of God the Father,

God the Son,

And God the Holy Spirit

Be among you now,

And remain with you always.

Amen.

Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh announced the appointment of Janet Jones as tem-
porary Chief Clerk of the House.

STATE OF KANSAS OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
I, Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following persons
were elected members of the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas for a two-
year termbeginning on the second Monday of January, A.D. 1999.

In Testimony Whereof: I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed my official seal.
Done at the city of Topeka this 30^th day of November, A.D. 1998.

Ron Thornburgh

Secretary of State

Members of the House of Representatives were then called in blocks of ten, came for-
ward, took and subscribed, or affirmed, to their respective oaths of office, administered to
them by Chief Justice Kay McFarland, Kansas Supreme Court, as follows:

State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss:

We, and each of us, do solemnly swear, that we will support the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the State of Kansas, and faithfully discharge the duties of the
office of Representative of the State of Kansas, so help us God.

District

1st--Doug Gatewood
2nd--Robert ``Bob'' Grant
3rd--Ed McKechnie
4th--Andrew Howell
5th--Bill Feuerborn
6th--Jene Vickrey
7th--Eugene E. ``Gene'' O'Brien
8th--Richard R. Reinhardt
9th--Stanley Dreher Jr.
10th--Ralph M. Tanner
11th--Jim Garner
12th--Cindy Empson
13th--Mary Compton
14th--Kay O'Connor
15th--John M. Toplikar
16th--Tim Carmody
17th--Lisa L. Benlon
18th--Phill Kline
19th--Phil Kline
20th--Gerry Ray
21st--Barbara P. Allen
22nd--Sue Storm
23rd--Cliff Franklin
24th--Robert ``Bob'' Tomlinson
25th--Al Lane
26th--Larry L. Campbell
27th--Phyllis Gilmore
28th--David Adkins
29th--Patricia Lightner
30th--David Huff
31st--Bonnie Sharp
32nd--Rick Rehorn
33rd--Tom Burroughs
34th--David Haley
35th--Broderick T. Henderson
36th--Doug Spangler
37th--Bill Reardon
38th--Margaret E. Long
39th--Ray L. Cox
40th--L. Candy Ruff
41st--Marti Crow
42nd--Kenny A. Wilk
43rd--John Ballou
44th--Barbara W. Ballard

45th--Tom Sloan
46th--Troy Findley
47th--Joann Flower
48th--Jerry Henry
49th--Galen Weiland
50th--Becky J. Hutchins
51st--Cindy Hermes
52nd--Lynn Jenkins
53rd--Dixie E. Toelkes
54th--Doug Mays
55th--Annie Kuether
56th--Nancy Kirk
57th--Vaughn Flora
58th--Rocky Nichols
59th--Joe D. Humerickhouse
60th--Lloyd A. Stone
61st-Vern Osborne
62nd--Kent Glasscock
63rd--Bruce F. Larkin
64th--Kathe Lloyd
65th--Gerald G. Geringer
66th--Jeff Peterson
67th--Jerry Aday
68th--Shari Weber
69th--Deena L. Horst
70th--Donald L. Dahl
71st--Carol Edward Beggs
72nd--Garry G. Boston
73rd--Clark Shultz
74th--Carl Krehbiel
75th--William G. Mason
76th--Peggy L. Long
77th--Peggy Palmer
78th--Judy Showalter
79th--Joe D. Shriver
80th--Bill McCreary
81st--Ted Powers
82nd--Don V. Myers
83rd--Jo Ann Pottorff
84th--Jonathan ``Joe'' Wells
85th--Tony Powell
86th--Henry M. Helgerson, Jr.
87th--Mike Farmer
88th--Gwen Welshimer

District

89th--Ruby Gilbert
90th--Billie Vining
91st--Brenda Landwehr
92nd--Douglas Johnston
93rd--Daniel J. Thimesch
94th--Dave Gregory
95th--Melany Barnes
96th--George R. Dean
97th--Dale A. Swenson
98th--Geraldine Flaharty
99th--Susan Wagle
100th--Carlos Mayans
101st--Tim Tedder
102nd--Janice L. Pauls
103rd--Thomas Klein
104th--Michael R. (``Mike'') O'Neal
105th--Richard Alldritt
106th--Sharon Schwartz
107th--Joann Lee Freeborn

108th--Dennis McKinney
109th--Clay Aurand
110th--Dan Johnson
111st--Eber E. Phelps
112th--John Edmonds
113th--Bob Bethell
114th--Melvin G. Minor
115th--Melvin J. Neufeld
116th--Ethel M. Peterson
117th--Robin L. Jennison
118th--Gayle Mollenkamp
119th--Laura McClure
120th--John M. Faber
121st--Jim Morrison
122nd--Gary K. Hayzlett
123rd--Ward Loyd
124th--Bill Light
125th--Carl D. Holmes

Subscribed and sworn to, or affirmed, before me this 11^th day of January, 1999.

Kay McFarland

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Annie Kuether, elected to represent the 55^th district, was excused. The House is now
organized with 124 members.

Nominations being in order for Speaker, Rep. Toplikar nominated Rep. Robin Jennison
for Speaker of the House. There being no further nominations, Rep. Garner moved the
nominations be closed, and that the temporary clerk be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot
for Rep. Jennison as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The motion prevailed.

Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh requested Rep. Jennison to approach the bar for the
oath of office.

Speaker-elect Jennison subscribed to the following oath of office, which was administered
by Chief Justice McFarland:

State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss:

I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and the
constitution of the State of Kansas, and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Speaker
of the House of Representatives, so help me God. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
11^th day of January, 1999.

Kay McFarland

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Speaker Jennison addressed the following remarks to the members of the House:

Two years ago on this day I said, ``You can not serve in a body such as this without
developing a deep respect for the institution and the people that make it up.'' Nothing has
changed, I still believe that, and I thank you for the opportunity and the honor to serve as
Speaker.

As I look around Representative Hall today I can not help but think about our state's past
and reflect on the influence that people and events of days gone by have on us and our
future. The Bible that Denise held for me this afternoon belonged to my Grandmother. She
lived to be 104 years old, just passing away a few years ago. In that Bible today, we had
placed a picture of Grandmother and our son Ryan, who is now 16. They had an extraor-
dinary relationship that I am sure was partially responsible for her longevity. I have often
marveled at the span of time their two lives could touch. If Ryan lives as long as my Grand-
mother, they could almost live in four centuries. We know how much our country and our
state have changed since my Grandmother's childhood in the 1890's. We can only speculate
how much it will change by the time Ryan has grandchildren. I think Ryan enjoyed Grandma
so much because the childhood she talked about was so much different than his. She talked
about a life and existence that he could never imagine and she did things he will never
experience. Our Grandparents generation had a freedom and independence our children
will never know.

When I am home I get a daily reminder of what that freedom and independence waslike.
I can go out to where my father's family homesteaded. When they came to Lane county in
1887, there weren't very many people around. They enjoyed the freedom and independence
to live their lives as they pleased. But, that freedom and independence came at a cost. There
wasn't much security and life was certainly tougher. It is probably debatable if we are better
off or not. Some would call it progress.

In a letter to Samuel Kercheval July 12, 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote. ``I am not an
advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go
hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more
enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions
change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with
the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a
boy as civilized society remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.''

When I first saw that quote on the wall of the Jefferson Memorial it struck me what a
difficult challenge we face. We are going to have to write new laws as society changes. As
we write the new laws, our challenge is to balance the independence and freedom of our
forefathers with the security we want for our children.

Speaker Jennison was presented with the gavel by Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
and assumed the chair.

Speaker Jennison announced the appointment of Janet Jones as Chief Clerk and Ted
Fisher as Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives.

Nominations being in order for Speaker pro tem, Rep. Toplikar nominated Rep. Doug
Mays for Speaker pro tem. There being no further nominations, Rep. McKinney moved the
nominations be closed and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for
Rep. Mays as Speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives. The motion prevailed.

Speaker Jennison requested Rep. Mays approach the bar for the oath which was admin-
istered by Chief Justice McFarland.

State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss:

I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and the
constitution of the State of Kansas, and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Speaker
pro tem of the House of Representatives, so help me God. Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 11^th day of January, 1999.

Kay McFarland

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Rep. Mays addressed the following remarks to the members of the House:

I am honored, today, that you have bestowed upon me the opportunity to serve as your
Speaker Pro Tem. With humility and profound gratitude, I accept your trust, and pledge to
you the fair and even-handed administration of my duties with regard to each and every
person who serves in this House.

Whenever I enter this chamber, and especially today, I am struck by the lofty grandeur
of this place. It was, of course, no accident that it was built in such a glorious manner. It
was constructed to induce respect and awe for the institution of state government. It would
be easy to assume that this motive was aimed at the general public, but such an assumption
would be only half true.

I believe this chamber, now restored to its original beauty, was constructed and decorated
for the inspiration of, as much as anyone else, those who would serve here-- to be a con-
tinuing reminder that what we do here is important. What we do here affects people's lives.
That each act, every bill, every resolution, every amendment has consequences that reach
far beyond these walls. We must endeavor to never forget that.

There has been much talk of unity on both sides of the aisle. And that is fine. Certainly
we must conduct ourselves with greater civility and respect for one another's individual
philosophies and experiences in life. But I would submit that in the end, there is for you
and I only one unity that matters, that is the bond that must exist between each of us and
the people of our districts for whom we were elected as representatives to this state's gov-
ernment. We are not senators. We are not governors. We are not judges. We are represen-
tatives. And it behooves us, in spite of any friendship with, respect for, or admiration of
others, to first and foremost give voice to those people back home who might otherwise not
be heard.

We have before us a great and arduous task--to do what is right on behalf of the people.
How we go about that job will, in the end, say more about us than all of our collective works.
Now, more than ever, our conduct in office is paramount.

Democracy in America is not an establishment imposed by force. It is voluntary, and as
such can be caricaturized as a house of cards held together only by the blessings and con-
fidence of the people. And so, sadly, we find ourselves in a time when government at all
levels is suffering the corrosive and undermining effects of apathy and cynicism. In the long
run, there is no greater threat to our cherished rights and freedoms than this, for when
respect for the institutions that make the law is eroded, the law itself will suffer the same
fate.

Today, we have a solemn responsibility to earn the public's respect. Each of us alone,
and all of us as a body, must find it within ourselves to rise above our own self-interests,
beyond our level of comfort, and with our every action, and conduct ourselves in a manner
that exceeds the expectations of the citizens who sent us here.

For inspiration, we need only look around, for revealed to us on the walls of this chamber
are the names of Kansans who willingly sacrificed all for the future of this land and its
people. It is upon their shoulders and those of other giants that we here today stand. By
their example, and with the hand of a loving and generous God, we will succeed.

Speaker Jennison asked for announcements from the party caucuses.

Rep. Toplikar stated the majority (Republican) party had met and elected the following:

(1) Majority Leader, Representative Kent Glasscock

(2) Assistant Majority Leader, Representative Shari Weber

(3) Majority Whip, Representative Clark Shultz

(4) Caucus Chairperson, Representative John M. Toplikar

Rep. Glasscock addressed the following remarks to the members of the House:

It is with great enthusiasm today that we anticipate the new legislative session. This is a
time of opportunity and great responsibility.

To my colleagues in the Republican caucus, thank you for the honor of electing me to
serve as House majority leader. I deeply appreciate the confidence you have shown in me
and pledge in return to listen, to learn and to lead with fairness, civility and respect for each
member, each voice of the caucus.

To minority leader Garner and our Democratic colleagues, I pledge the same civility,
respect and fairness. I also pledge what our founding fathers envisioned in this House of
the people: spirited discourse on the issues of our day - discourse in which competing ideas
and ideals are forged into sound policy and limitless opportunity for the people of our state.

This afternoon, two-and-a-half million Kansans are going about the business of their daily
lives. They will work, relax in the love of family and friends, struggle to meet their personal
responsibilities, and they will labor under a myriad of burdens. These Kansans will know
the joys and challenges of ordinary lives.

For the Kansans in this chamber, however, life is anything but ordinary. From the moment
of our election, the mantel of leadership was placed upon our shoulders. We were given
special burdens, special duties. To the challenges and joys of our very ordinary lives was
added the tremendous responsibility of governance. Each of us and each of our families will
in so many ways remake and redirect our lives to accept this responsibility.

I want to thank each and every member of this chamber for having the courage, the faith,
and the will to assume this responsibility for the betterment of all Kansans. Beginning today,
you will take your place and make your mark on the storied and honored history of this
House. It is a special place and you are very special people who have been allowed, for brief
a time, to experience and to reflect back its warm and vibrant glory. Let the glory of this
chamber only be enhanced by the legacy we leave.

Rep. Ballard stated the minority (Democrat) party had met and elected the following:

(1) Minority Leader, Representative Jim Garner

(2) Assistant Minority Leader, Representative Dennis McKinney

(3) Minority Whip, Representative Richard Alldritt

(4) Caucus Chairperson, Representative Barbara Ballard

(5) Agenda Chairperson, Representative Nancy Kirk

(6) Policy Chairperson, Representative Troy Findley

Rep. Garner addressed the following remarks to the members of the House:

Speaker Jennison, I extend congratulations to you on behalf of the members of the Dem-
ocratic Caucus and myself on your election as Speaker. We are ready and eager to work
with you and your caucus in shaping the future of our state.

To my Democratic colleagues, let me express that I am deeply honored to have been
entrusted by you with a position of leadership for our caucus. I thank you for this opportunity
to serve.

We join together today in a spirit of celebration and excitement. Many of our families are
here, looking on with deserving pride. Some of us also will be thinking of loved ones who
are no longer with us. I very much wish my father were alive to see this day. But I know
and have faith that he is sharing in this day.

Today we continue a great experiment in civic life- democratic government. We have
each been selected by the people in our districts to be their voice in the affairs of our
government. We each have a job to do and must be responsible to make sure our constituents
concerns are heard and discussed.

Central to the survival of our democracy is the tow party system. Healthy and open debate
is essential to our progress. Let us continue that tradition that was begun by Madison,
Hamilton, and Jefferson.

May I offer some words of caution? Our actions in this body have real impacts on the
lives of the people of Kansas-- people who work hard, worry about their kids, are concerned
about the care of their parents, and some who hope to pay their bills each month. We must
not take our tasks lightly or without regard of their consequences.

May I offer words of hope? I sincerely hope we can get beyond the politics of division--
right versus left, conservative versus liberal-- and support progressive policies that move
our state forward.

May I offer words of purpose? As we convene today in this beautifully restored chamber,
let us remember our place in history. Our state was settled just over 130 years ago-- a very
short time in the history of humankind. Yet over the next 90 plus days, we will take actions
that will definitely shape the course of our state's future. The people of this frontier state
have given us the power and the opportunity to build a better Kansas if we choose.

Let us make that our common goal.

Mr. Speaker, the Democratic members of the Kansas House are partners with the Re-
publicans in governing and we simply request that we be treated as partners and with
respect.

We are ready to go to work.

Speaker Jennison ordered the remarks by the elected leadership spread upon the Journal.

The roll was called with 124 members being present and sworn in for the 1999 session.

Speaker Jennison announced committee assignments for the 1999-2000 session.

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 1999
Agriculture: Flower, Chairperson; Johnson, Vice-chairperson; Aurand, Compton, Dahl,
Faber, Freeborn, Light, Mollenkamp, Schwartz.

Weiland, Ranking Minority Member; Feuerborn, Flora, O'Brien, Showalter, Tedder,
Thimesch.

Appropriations: Phill Kline, Chairperson; Melvin Neufeld, Vice-chairperson; Allen, Far-
mer, Phil Kline, Landwehr, Mollenkamp, J. Peterson, Pottorff, Powell, Schwartz, Shultz,
Stone, Weber.

Reardon, Ranking Minority Member; Ballard, Dean, Feuerborn, McKechnie, Nichols,
Reinhardt, Shriver, Spangler.

Business, Commerce and Labor: Lane, Chairperson; Beggs, Vice-chairperson; Aday, Gil-
more, Huff, Humerickhouse, P. Long, McCreary, Swenson, Toplikar.

Ruff, Ranking Minority Member; Barnes, Grant, Henderson, Henry, Rehorn, Welshimer.

Calendar and Printing: Glasscock, Chairperson; Jennison, Vice-chairperson; Mays,
Weber.

Garner, Ranking Minority Member; Alldritt, McKinney.

Economic Development: Mason, Chairperson; Vickrey, Vice-chairperson; Aday, Beggs,
Campbell, Compton, Geringer, Osborne, Stone, Wagle.

Kuether, Ranking Minority Member; Findley, Gatewood, Henderson, Sharp, Thimesch,
Weiland.

Education: Tanner, Chairperson; Empson, Vice-chairperson; Ballou, Benlon, Bethell, Fa-
ber, Hermes, Horst, Light, Lightner, Lloyd, Mason, Morrison, O'Connor.

Helgerson, Ranking Minority Member; Crow, Flaharty, E. Peterson, Phelps, Showalter,
Storm, Thimesch, Wells.

Environment: Freeborn, Chairperson; Ray, Vice-chairperson; Aurand, Benlon, Hutchins,
Johnson, Light, Powers, Schwartz, Sloan.

Flora, Ranking Minority Member; Helgerson, Johnston, McClure, McKinney, Minor,
Tedder.

Federal and State Affairs: Wagle, Chairperson; Franklin, Vice-chairperson; Benlon, Cox,
Dahl, Edmonds, Faber, Freeborn, Hutchins, Mason, Mayans, Mays, Vickrey, Vining.

Klein, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, Gilbert, Helgerson, Henderson, E. Peter-
son, Rehorn, Ruff, Weiland.

Financial Institutions: Cox, Chairperson; Humerickhouse, Vice-chairperson; Boston,
Dreher, Empson, Krehbiel, Mayans, McCreary, Tomlinson, Vickrey .

Burroughs, Ranking Minority Member; Grant, Helgerson, Larkin, Minor, Sharp, Toelkes.

Fiscal Oversight:, Holmes, Chairperson; Ballou, Vice-Chairperson; Adkins, Allen, Boston,
O'Neal, Tanner, Tomlinson.

Shriver, Ranking Minority Member; Findley, Grant, Haley, Phelps, Reinhardt.

Governmental Organization and Elections: Benlon, Chairperson; Powers, Vice-chair-
person; Hayzlett, Horst, Huff, Jenkins, O'Connor, Palmer, Toplikar, Vining.

Welshimer, Ranking Minority Member; Barnes, Gilbert, Johnston, M. Long, Shriver,
Storm.

Health and Human Services: Boston, Chairperson; Geringer, Vice-chairperson; Bethell,
Gilmore, Landwehr, Light, Lightner, P. Long, Morrison, Swenson.

Henry, Ranking Minority Member; Flaharty, Haley, Showalter, Storm, Toelkes, Wells.

Insurance: Tomlinson, Chairperson; Myers, Vice-chairperson; Boston, Cox, Dreher, Emp-
son,Humerickhouse, Jenkins, McCreary, Vining.

Phelps, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, Grant, Kirk, O'Brien, Showalter, Toelkes.

Interstate Cooperation: Mays, Chairperson; Glasscock, Vice-chairperson; Jennison,
Weber.

Ballard, Ranking Minority Member; Kirk, Garner.

Judiciary: O'Neal, Chairperson; Carmody, Vice-chairperson; Adkins, Edmonds, Gregory,
Howell, Lightner, Lloyd, Long, Loyd, Powell, Shultz, Swenson.

Pauls, Ranking Minority Member; Crow, Flaharty, Haley, Klein, Rehorn, Ruff, Wells.

Local Government: Mayans, Chairperson; O'Connor, Vice-chairperson; Dahl, Flower,
Hermes, Horst, Huff, Palmer, J. Peterson, Toplikar.

Gilbert, Ranking Minority Member; Barnes, M. Long, E. Peterson, Shriver, Storm,
Welshimer.

Rules and Journal: Carmody, Chairperson; Powell, Loyd.

McKechnie, Vice-chairperson; Klein.

Taxation: David Adkins, Chairperson; Clay Aurand, Vice-chairperson; Campbell, Ed-
monds, Gregory, Howell, Jenkins, Krehbiel, Osborne, Palmer, Ray, Tomlinson, Vickrey,
Wilk .

Minor, Ranking Minority Member; Findley, Flora, Gatewood, Gilbert, Johnston, Kirk,
Sharp, Tedder.

Tourism: Allen, Chairperson; Hutchins, Vice-chairperson; Aday, Beggs, Campbell, Gerin-
ger, Mason, Myers, Osborne, Pottorff.

E. Peterson, Ranking Minority Member; Dean, Gatewood, Henderson, Kuether, Mc-
Clure, Phelps.

Transportation: Hayzlett, Chairperson; Ballou, Vice-chairperson; Aday, Dreher, Flower,
Hermes, Howell, Huff, Humerickhouse, Krehbiel, Loyd, Myers, Powers, Ray.

Larkin, Ranking Minority Member; Flora, Grant, Johnston, M. Long, McClure, McKin-
ney, Pauls, Thimesch.

Utilities: Holmes, Chairperson; Sloan, Vice-chairperson; Compton, Dahl, Dreher, Franklin,
Johnson, Loyd, Myers, Vining.

McClure, Ranking Minority Member; Alldritt, Klein, Kuether, M. Long, O'Brien, To-
elkes.

Kansas 2000 Select Committee: Wilk, Chairperson; Horst, Vice-chairperson; Aurand,
Campbell, Carmody, Gregory, Jenkins, Lane, Osborne, Sloan.

Sharp, Ranking Minority Member; Alldritt, Barnes, Gatewood, Kirk, O'Brien, Welshimer.

Select Committee on Information Management: Morrison, Chairperson; Farmer, Vice-
chairperson; Faber, Holmes, Krehbiel. Dean, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, Mc-
Kinney.

Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee: Mollenkamp, Chairperson;
Holmes, Schwartz.

Feuerborn, Tedder.

Education and Legislative Budget Committee: Farmer, Chairperson; Allen, Compton,
Lloyd, Shultz, Tanner.

Dean, Kuether, Reinhardt.

General Government and Human Resources Budget Committee: Pottorff, Chairper-
son; Johnson, McCreary, Stone.

Minor, Reardon, Shriver.

Public Safety Budget Committee: Phil Kline, Chairperson; Toplikar, Weber.

Crow, McKechnie.

Social Services Budget Committee: Neufeld, Chairperson; Ballou, Bethell, Gilmore, Phill
Kline, Landwehr.

Ballard, Henry, Spangler.

Tax, Commerce and Transportation Budget Committee: Powell, Chairperson; Palmer,
J. Peterson.

Nichols, Phelps.

JOINT COMMITTEES OF HOUSE AND SENATE

Administrative Rules and Regulations: Neufeld, Chairperson; Holmes, Myers, Wagle.

Johnston, Ranking Minority Member; Pauls, Ruff.

Arts and Cultural Resources: Pottorff, Chairperson; Campbell, Horst.

Ruff, Ranking Minority Member; Gilbert.

Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight: Weber, Chairperson; Lloyd, J. Peterson,
Powell.

Ballard, McKechnie, Pauls.

Economic Development: Mason, Chairperson; Aday, Compton, Osborne, Vickrey.

Kuether, Ranking Minority Member; Gatewood, Sharp.

Legislative Post Audit: Ballou, Jenkins, Wilk; Alldritt, McKechnie.

Pensions, Investments and Benefits: Carmody, Chairperson; Cox, Hermes, Lane, Shultz.

Flaharty, Ranking Minority Member; Flora, Welshimer.

Special Claims Against the State: Dahl, Chairperson; Huff, Loyd, Powers, Swenson.
Crow, Ranking Minority Member; Grant, Shriver.

State Building Construction: Phil Kline, Chairperson; Neufeld.

State Gaming Compacts: Franklin, Chairperson; O'Neal; Weiland.

January 11, 1999

Ms. Janet E. Jones

Chief Clerk of the House

477-W Statehouse

Dear Ms. Jones:

In accordance in Rule 1103 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I have established
the Kansas 2000 Select Committee and have appointed the following members:

Kansas 2000 Select Committee: Wilk, Chairperson; Horst, Vice-chairperson; Aurand,
Campbell, Carmody, Gregory, Jenkins, Lane, Osborne, Sloan.

Sharp, Ranking Minority Member; Alldritt, Barnes, Gatewood, Kirk, O'Brien, Welshimer.

Also, in accordance in Rule 1103 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I have
established the Kansas 2000 Select Committee and have appointed the following members:

Select Committee on Information Management: Morrison, Chairperson; Farmer,
Vice- chairperson; Faber, Holmes, Krehbiel.

Dean, Ranking Minority Member; Burroughs, McKinney.

Sincerely,

Robin Jennison, Speaker of the House

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
On emergency motion of Rep. Glasscock, HR 6001, by Reps. Jennison and Garner, as
follows, was introduced and adopted:

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6001--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A RESOLUTION relating to the organization of the House of Representatives. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: That the Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives notify the Senate that the House is organized
with the following officers:

Robin Jennison, speaker

Doug Mays, speaker pro tem,

Kent Glasscock, majority leader,

Jim Garner, minority leader,

Janet Jones, chief clerk,

Ted Fisher, sergeant at arms, and awaits the pleasure of the Senate.

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

On emergency motion of Rep. Glasscock, HR 6002, by Reps. Jennison and Garner, as
follows, was introduced and adopted:

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6002--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A RESOLUTION relating to assignment of seats of the House of Representatives. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: That the speaker be
assigned seat No. 3; the speaker pro tem be assigned seat No. 2; the majority leader be
assigned seat No. 4; the minority leader be assigned seat No. 5; and the remaining members
of the house be assigned the following seats: Aday 50, Adkins 79, Alldritt 36, Allen 28,
Aurand 63, Ballard 74, Ballou 67, Barnes 96, Beggs 106, Benlon 122, Bethell 103, Boston
26, Burroughs 92, Campbell 121, Carmody 100, Compton 62, Cox 116, Crow 16, Dahl 82,
Dean 32, Dreher 90, Edmonds 49, Empson 14, Faber 112, Farmer 29, Feuerborn 77,
Findley 17, Flaharty 95, Flora 52, Flower 23, Franklin 102, Freeborn 61, Gatewood 59,
Geringer 88, Gilbert 18, Gilmore 97, Grant 124, Gregory 91, Haley 113, Hayzlett 27, Hel-
gerson 56, Henderson 75, Henry 22, Hermes 65, Holmes 45, Horst 66, Howell 109, Huff
101, Humerickhouse 43, Hutchins 24, Jenkins 25, Johnson 111, Johnston 78, Kirk 55, Klein
72, Kline, Phil 123, Kline, Phill 1, Krehbiel 48, Kuether 53, Landwehr 68, Lane 115, Larkin
37, Light 80, Lightner 85, Lloyd 42, Long, M. 114, Long, P. 107, Loyd 118, Mason 69,
Mayans 89, McClure 93, McCreary 83, McKechnie 40, McKinney 6, Minor 7, Mollenkamp
81, Morrison 99, Myers 108, Neufeld 11, Nichols 60, O'Brien 125, O'Connor 119, O'Neal
12, Osborne 98, Palmer 110, Pauls 94, Peterson, E. 38, Peterson, J. 9, Phelps 34, Pottorff
46, Powell 105, Powers 31, Ray 117, Reardon 20, Rehorn 71, Reinhardt 19, Ruff 33,
Schwartz 10, Sharp 57, Showalter 58, Shriver 70, Shultz 64, Sloan 104, Spangler 8, Stone
84, Storm 54, Swenson 120, Tanner 41, Tedder 73, Thimesch 39, Toelkes 35, Tomlinson
15, Toplikar 30, Vickrey 47, Vining 44, Wagle 87, Weber 13, Weiland 21, Wells 76, Wel-
shimer 51 and Wilk 86.

The first three seats south of the center aisle in the last row are reserved for the sergeant
at arms.

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

On emergency motion of Rep. Glasscock, HR 6003, by Reps. Jennison and Garner, as
follows, was introduced and adopted:

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6003--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A RESOLUTION relating to the rules of the House of Representatives for the 1999-2000 biennium. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: That except as
otherwise hereinafter provided, the rules of the House of Representatives for the 1997-
1998 biennium in effect at the time of adjournment sine die of the 1998 regular session of
the legislature shall constitute the temporary rules of the House of Representatives for the
1999 regular session until permanent rules are adopted; and

Be it further resolved: That Rule 1101 of the 1997-1998 biennium shall be amended to
read as follows and shall constitute a temporary rule of the House until a permanent rule
is adopted:

Rule 1101. Standing Committees; Names and Members. The standing committees
of the House shall be the following and have the number of members indicated for each:

1.Agriculture	17
2.Appropriations	23
3.Business, Commerce and Labor	17
4.Calendar and Printing	7
5.Economic Development	17
6.Education	21 23
7.Environment	17
8.Federal and State Affairs	23
9.Financial Institutions	17
10. Fiscal Oversight	14
11. Governmental Organization and Elections	17
12. Health and Human Services	17
13. Insurance	17
14. Interstate Cooperation	7
15. Judiciary	21
16. Local Government	17
~~16.~~ 17. Rules and Journal	5
~~17.~~ 18. Taxation	23
~~18.~~ 19. Tourism	17
~~19.~~ 20. Transportation	17 23
~~20.~~ 21 Utilities	17

Be it further resolved: That Rule 1102 of the 1997-1998 biennium shall be amended to
read as follows and shall constitute a temporary rule of the House until a permanent rule
is adopted:

Rule 1102. Committee Appointments. (a) The Speaker shall appoint the members
of the standing committees. The Speaker may remove or replace any such committee mem-
ber 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.

(c) The Speaker shall appoint the members of the following budget committees of the
committee on appropriations: Education and legislative budget committee, agriculture and
natural resources budget committee, general government and human resources budget com-
mittee, public safety budget committee, social services budget committee and tax, judicial
and transportation budget committee. The Speaker may appoint members to any such com-
mittee who are not members of the committee on appropriations. The Speaker shall appoint
the chairperson of each such committee. The Speaker may remove or replace any such
chairperson or member of such committee at any time.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

The following bills and concurrent resolutions were introduced and read by title:

HB 2001, An act relating to property taxation; exempting certain student unions and
dormitories therefrom; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 79-201a and repealing the existing
section, by Representative Morrison.

HB 2002, An act concerning children; relating to joint shared child custody and parenting
time; concerning child support; amending K.S.A. 20-164, 21-3422, 21-3422a, 23-601, 23-
602, 23-701, 38-1302, 38-1309, 38-1310, 38-1597, 60-1612, 60-1614, 60-1617 and 75-720
and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 5-509, 20-302b, 23-9,305, 23-1001, 23-1002, 38-1121, 38-1138, 38-
1563, 38-1569, 38-1583, 38-1641, 38-1664, 38-16,119, 60-1607, 60-1610, 60-1616, 60-1621,
60-3107 and 74-7334 and repealing the existing sections, by Special Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2003, An act concerning civil procedure; relating to reconciliation of a marriage, by
Special Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2004, An act relating to state finances; concerning biennial budget estimates for state
agencies; amending K.S.A. 75-3717 and 75-6701 and repealing the existing sections, by
Legislative Budget Committee.

HB 2005, An act relating to accident and health insurance; concerning mandated cov-
erages; requirements, by Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

HB 2006, An act relating to drivers' licenses; concerning certain restrictions; amending
K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-237, 8-239 and 8-296 and repealing the existing sections, by Special
Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2007, An act concerning abortion; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 65-2837, 65-6701,
65-6703, 65-6709 and 65-6721 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A.
1998 Supp. 65-2837b, by Special Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2008, An act concerning the payment of certain moneys to Brown and Jackson
counties, by Special Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2009, An act relating to sales taxation; exempting sales of certain business machinery
and equipment replacement parts and installation services; defining property which is con-
sumed; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 79-3602 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sec-
tions, by Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

HB 2010, An act relating to the taxation of certain motorized vehicles; amending K.S.A.
79-5105 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-134a and 79-5101 and repealing the existing sections; also
repealing K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 79-5105a, by Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

HB 2011, An act relating to sales taxation; exempting purchases by certain political sub-
divisions and water districts therefrom; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing
the existing section, by Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

HB 2012, An act concerning the state fire marshal; relating to the powers and duties
thereof; amending K.S.A. 31-133 and repealing the existing section, by Special Committee
on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2013, An act concerning bingo; relating to the regulation and taxation thereof;
amending K.S.A. 79-4701, 79-4703, 79-4704, 79-4705, 79-4705a, 79-4706, 79-4707, 79-
4708, 79-4710, 79-4711, 79-4712a, 79-4713 and 79-4714 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 74-8804,
74-8805 and 79-3603 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 79-4702 and
79-4715, by Special Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2014, An act concerning higher education; relating to professional service scholar-
ships for persons enrolled in courses of instruction leading to the practice of osteopathic
medicine, optometry, nursing or teaching; amending K.S.A. 74-3267a, 74-3268, 74-3268a,
74-3271, 74-3272, 74-3273, 74-3291, 74-3293, 74-3294, 74-3297, 74-3299, 74-32,100, 74-
32,101, 74-32,102, 74-32,103, 74-32,105 and 74-32,106 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 74-3265, 74-
3266, 74-3267, 74-3292, 74-3295, 74-3296, 74-3298, 74-32,104, 74-32,107, 74-32,114, 74-
32,115, 74-32,116, 74-32,117, 74-32,131, 74-32,132, 74-32,133, 74-32,134, 74-32,135,
74-32,136 and 74-32,137 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-3223,
74-3224, 74-3225, 74-3226, 74-3227, 74-3228, 74-3246, 74-3247, 74-3248 and 74-3269, by
Legislative Educational Planning Committee.

HB 2015, An act concerning civil procedure; relating to service of process upon insurance
companies and fraternal benefit societies; amending K.S.A. 40-218 and repealing the existing
section, by Representative O'Neal.

HB 2016, An act concerning the state tourism fund; amending K.S.A. 79-4801 and K.S.A.
1998 Supp. 74-9003 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 1998 Supp.
74-9004 and 74-9005, by Joint Committee on Economic Development.

HB 2017, An act concerning state building construction; relating to change orders or
changes in plans; amending K.S.A. 75-1264 and repealing the existing section, by Joint
Committee on State Building Construction.

HB 2018, An act concerning identification numbers and their use, by Special Committee
on Information Management.

HB 2019, An act concerning crimes and punishments; amending K.S.A. 21-4001 and
repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 21-4002, by Special Committee on In-
formation Management.

HB 2020, An act relating to property taxation; concerning certain appeals procedure;
amending K.S.A. 79-1609 and 79-2005 and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 74-2438 and repealing the
existing sections, by Representative Sloan.

HB 2021, An act concerning rendering plants; relating to acceptance of certain refuse,
by Representative Sloan.

On motion of Rep. Glasscock, HCR 5001, as follows, by Reps. Jennison and Garner, was
introduced and adopted:

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5001--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION providing for a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing a message from the Governor.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring
therein: That the Senate and the House of Representatives meet in joint session in Rep-
resentative Hall at 6:30 p.m. on January 12, 1999, for the purpose of hearing the message
of the Governor; and

Be it further resolved: That a committee of two members from the Senate and three
members from the House of Representatives be appointed to wait upon the Governor; and

Be it further resolved: That a committee of two members from the Senate and three
members from the House of Representatives be appointed to wait upon the Lieutenant
Governor.

In accordance with HCR 5001, Speaker Jennison appointed Reps. Phil Kline, Wagle and
Pauls to escort the Governor; Reps. Pottorff, Carmody and McKinney to escort the Lieu-
tenant Governor; Reps. Holmes, Hutchins and Nichols to escort the Senate; and Reps.
Ballou, Aurand and Alldritt to escort the Supreme Court.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

The following concurrent resolutions were introduced and read by title:

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5002--

By Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation

A PROPOSITION to amend section 13 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas,
relating to exemption of property used for oil and gas development, exploration and
production purposes.

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 mem-
bers elected (or appointed) and qualified to the Senate concurring therein:

Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection: Section
13 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to read as
follows:

``§ 13. Exemption of property for economic development purposes; procedure;
limitations. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county or the governing body
of any city may, by resolution or ordinance, as the case requires, exempt from all ad
valorem taxation all or any portion of the appraised valuation of: (1) All buildings, to-
gether with the land upon which such buildings are located, and all tangible personal
property associated therewith used exclusively by a business for the purpose of: (A)
Manufacturing articles of commerce; (B) conducting research and development; or (C)
storing goods or commodities which are sold or traded in interstate commerce, which
commences operations after the date on which this amendment is approved by the
electors of this state; or (2) all buildings, or added improvements to buildings constructed
after the date on which this amendment is approved by the electors of this state, together
with the land upon which such buildings or added improvements are located, and all
tangible personal property purchased after such date and associated therewith, used
exclusively for the purpose of: (A) Manufacturing articles of commerce; (B) conducting
research and development; or (C) storing goods or commodities which are sold or traded
in interstate commerce, which is necessary to facilitate the expansion of any such existing
business if, as a result of such expansion, new employment is created; or (3) all property
actually and regularly used in conjunction with the development, exploration and pro-
duction of oil and gas.

(b) Any ad valorem tax exemption granted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in
effect for not more than 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the business
commences its operations or the calendar year in which expansion of an existing business
is completed, as the case requires.

(c) The legislature may limit or prohibit the application of this section by enactment
uniformly applicable to all cities or counties.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect exemptions of
property from ad valorem taxation granted by this constitution or by enactment of the
legislature, or to affect the authority of the legislature to enact additional exemptions of
property from ad valorem taxation found to have a public purpose and promote the
general welfare.''

Sec. 2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with the amendment as
a whole:

``Explanatory statement. This amendment would specifically authorize the exemption
from property taxation of certain property used for oil and gas development, exploration
and production purposes.

``A vote for this proposition would specifically allow the governing body of a city or
county to exempt from property taxation property used in the development, exploration
and production of oil and gas.

``A vote against this proposition would continue to allow the exemption from property
taxation of property used exclusively for certain economic development purposes by the
governing body of a city or county.''

Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by 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, shall be entered on the journals, together with the
yeas and nays. The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as provided
by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted to the electors of the state
at the general election to be held on November 7, 2000, unless a special election is called
at a sooner date by concurrent resolution of the legislature, in which case it shall be sub-
mitted to the electors of the state at the special election.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5003--

By Representative Findley

A PROPOSITION to amend section 3 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas. 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 mem-
bers elected (or appointed) and qualified to the Senate concurring therein:

Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection: Section
3 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to read as follows:

``§ 3. Members of state board of education and state board of regents. (a) From
and after January 13, 2003, there shall be ~~ten~~ 11members of the state board of education
with overlapping terms as the legislature may prescribe. ~~The legislature shall make pro-~~
~~vision for ten member districts, each comprised of four contiguous senatorial districts.~~
Members of the state board of education shall be elected from single-member districts
prescribed by law. The electors of each ~~member district~~ member-district shall elect one
person residing in the district as a member of the board. The legislature shall prescribe
the manner in which vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled.

(b) The state board of regents shall have nine members with overlapping terms as
the legislature may prescribe. Members shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
confirmation by the senate. One member shall be appointed from each congressional
district with the remaining members appointed at large, however, no two members shall
reside in the same county at the time of their appointment. Vacancies occurring on the
board shall be filled by appointment by the governor as provided by law.

(c) Subsequent redistricting shall not disqualify any member of either board from
service for the remainder of ~~his~~ such member's term. Any member of either board may
be removed from office for cause as may be provided by law.''

Sec. 2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with the amendment as
a whole:

``Explanatory statement. The constitution of this state provides that the ten members of
the state board of education must be elected from member districts which are each
composed of four state senatorial districts.

A vote for this proposition would: Increase the number of members on the board from
10 to 11; eliminate the requirement that each state board of education member-
district be composed of four state senatorial districts; and provide for the establish-
ment by law of state board of education single-member districts.

``A vote against this proposition would retain the composition of the board with 10
members and continue the requirement that each state board of education member-
district be composed of four state senatorial districts.''

Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by 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 shall be entered on the journals, together with the
yeas and nays. The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as provided
by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted to the electors of the state
at the general election in the year 2000 unless a special election is called at a sooner date
by concurrent resolution of the legislature, in which case it shall be submitted to the electors
of the state at the special election.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5004--

By Special Committee on Rail Transportation

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing a task force to study rail passenger service in Kansas.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring
therein: That a task force on rail passenger service in Kansas be established to study the
preservation, enhancement or establishment of rail passenger service, including the possi-
bility of entering into rail passenger compacts with other states; and

Be it further resolved: That the task force on rail passenger service may cooperate with
other states and specifically with the state of Oklahoma, in connection with the purpose of
the task force study; and

Be it further resolved: That the task force shall consist of nine members appointed as
follows: Two members appointed by the President of the Senate, two members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member appointed by the minority
leader of the Senate, one member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and three members appointed by the Governor; and

Be it further resolved: That the first meeting of the task force shall be called by the first
person appointed by the Governor and shall meet at least quarterly thereafter; and

Be it further resolved: That the task force shall elect the chairperson and vice-chair-
person from among the legislator members of the task force; and

Be it further resolved: That staffing shall be available from the legislative research de-
partment and the revisor of statutes office if authorized by the Legislative Coordinating
Council; and

Be it further resolved: That members of the task force shall receive reimbursement for
attending meetings of the task force authorized by the Legislative Coordinating Council
consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-1209 and amendments thereto; and

Be it further resolved: That the task force prepare and submit an interim report and
recommendations to the 2000 Legislature and to the Governor and shall submit a final
report and recommendations to the 2001 Legislature and to the Governor.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5005--

By Special Committee on Rail Transportation A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to remove or restrict the use of trade sanctions as they apply to agricultural products.

WHEREAS, the export of agricultural commodities has provided the United States the
only positive return on its balance of trade; and

WHEREAS, the only way to insure that a positive return on the balance of trade contin-
ues is to allow international markets to remain open; and

WHEREAS, the use of unilateral economic sanctions rarely achieve its goal, but cause
substantial harm to the producers of products; and

WHEREAS, the storage of grain on the ground in Kansas is just one example of the
adverse affects sanctions have on agricultural products; and

WHEREAS, economic sanctions hinder the export of agricultural products, exacerbating
the transportation of such products and possibly lowering the price received by the Kansas
farmer for such agricultural products: Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring
therein: That Congress remove or restrict the use of trade sanctions as they apply to
agricultural products and that Congress insures that the use of trade sanctions will result in
meaningful results; and

Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send enrolled copies
of this resolution to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, the secretary of the United States Department of State
and to each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5006--

By Special Committee on Information Management

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to pass the Medical Privacy Act of 1998.

WHEREAS, Sections 1173(b) and 1177(a)(1) of the Social Security Act allow federal
agencies to construe federal law as authorizing the establishment of a system of national
identification numbers and national identification cards for medical purposes; and

WHEREAS, The social security number can be used as a basis for establishing a system
of national identification numbers and national identification cards for medical purposes;
and

WHEREAS, The use of the social security number in this manner raises serious concerns
regarding the establishment of a system of national identification numbers and national
identification cards for medical purposes: Now therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring
therein: That the Legislature of the State of Kansas strongly urges the Congress of the
United States to enact H.R. 4312 of the 105th Congress prohibiting federal agencies from
construing federal law as authorizing the establishment of a system of national identification
numbers and national identification cards for medical purposes; and

Be it further resolved: That the Legislature of the State of Kansas strongly urges the
Congress of the United States to prohibit the use of the social security number as a basis
for establishing a system of national identification numbers and national identification cards
for medical purposes; and

Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State is directed to send enrolled copies of
this resolution to each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation.

House Concurrent Resolution No. 5007--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopting joint rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 1999-2000 biennium. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring
therein: That the following joint rules shall be the joint rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives for the 1999-2000 biennium.

JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1999-2000 Joint rule 1. Joint rules; application and date of expiration; adoption, amend-
ment, suspension and revocation. (a) Joint rules; expiration, adoption, amendment, sus-
pension and revocation; vote required. Joint rules are adopted under the authority of section
8 of article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas and shall govern matters made
subject thereto except when otherwise specifically provided by joint rule. Joint rules shall
expire at the conclusion of the terms of representatives. Joint rules shall be adopted,
amended, suspended and revoked by concurrent resolution of the two houses of the legis-
lature. Concurrent resolutions adopting joint rules shall receive the affirmative vote of not
less than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house.

(b) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules; previous notice; vote required.
After one day's previous notice, joint rules may be amended, suspended or revoked by the
affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and
qualified in each house. Upon the filing of such notice in either house, a message shall be
sent to the other house advising of the filing of such notice and the reading of the message
shall constitute notice to the members of such house. If such previous notice is not given,
the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each
house shall be required for the amendment, suspension or revocation of a joint rule.

(c) Amendment, suspension or revocation of joint rules at commencement of legislative
session; vote required; conditions. Notwithstanding any provision of this rule to the contrary,
no notice shall be required for the adoption of a concurrent resolution amending, suspending
or revoking any one or more joint rules at the commencement of a legislative session, and
adoption of any such concurrent resolution shall require only the affirmative vote of not less
than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house,
subject to the following conditions: (1) The concurrent resolution is sponsored by the
speaker or the president, and (2) either (a) a copy thereof is mailed to each member of the
legislature by deposit in the United States mails not later than 11:00 p.m. on the Thursday
preceding the Monday on which the legislative session is to commence or (b) in lieu of
mailing, copies of the concurrent resolution are made available to members on the first day
of the legislative session and final action is taken on a subsequent legislative day.

Joint rule 2. Joint sessions. (a) Joint session called by concurrent resolution; vote
required; time, place and subject matter. A joint session of the senate and house of repre-
sentatives may be called by concurrent resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of not
less than a majority of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified in each house of
the legislature or as may otherwise be prescribed by law. Any such resolution shall fix the
time and place of the joint session, and the subject matter to be considered at the joint
session. Joint sessions shall consider only such matters as are prescribed by law or by the
concurrent resolution calling such joint session.

(b) Presiding officer at joint sessions; record of joint session; rules applicable. The
speaker of the house of representatives shall preside at all joint sessions of the senate and
house of representatives, and the clerk of the house of representatives shall keep a record
of the proceedings thereof and shall enter the record of each such session in the journal of
the house of representatives. The rules of the house of representatives and the joint rules
of the two houses, insofar as the same may be applicable shall be the rules for joint sessions
of the two houses.

(c) Votes in joint session; taking; requirements. All votes in a joint session shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and in taking the same it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate
first to call the names of the members of the senate, and after which the clerk of the house
of representatives shall in like manner call the names of the members of the house. Each
member of the senate and the house of representatives present shall be required to vote on
all matters considered in joint session, unless excused by a vote of a majority of the members
of both houses present.

Joint rule 3. Conference committee procedure. (a) Action by house of origin of bill
or concurrent resolution amended by other house. When a bill or concurrent resolution is
returned to the house of origin with amendments by the other house, the house of origin
may: (1) Concur in such amendments; (2) refuse to concur in such amendments; or (3)
refuse to concur in such amendments and request a conference on the bill or concurrent
resolution.

(b) Concurrence by house of origin; concurrence prior to taking action on conference
committee report by other house; final action; effect of failure of motion to concur. The house
of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution may concur in any amendments made by the
other house, except that if the bill or concurrent resolution has been referred to a conference
committee such action may only be taken prior to the taking of final action upon the con-
ference committee report upon such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house. A
vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution on a motion to concur in
amendments to such bill or concurrent resolution by the other house shall be considered
action on the final passage of the bill or concurrent resolution and the affirmative and
negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal. If the motion to concur is upon
amendments to a bill or concurrent resolution for which a conference committee has been
appointed and action has not been taken upon the report of such committee by the other
house and such motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall not be deemed to have
been killed thereby, but if the motion to concur is upon amendments to a bill or concurrent
resolution for which a conference committee has not been appointed and such motion fails,
the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.

(c) Motion to nonconcur; when considered final action; effect of adoption of motion. A
vote in the house of origin of any bill or concurrent resolution on a motion to nonconcur
or to refuse to concur in amendments to such bill or concurrent resolution by the other
house which is not coupled with a request for the appointment of a conference committee
shall be considered action on final passage of the bill or concurrent resolution and the
affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal, and the bill or con-
current resolution shall be deemed killed on the adoption thereof.

(d) House of origin refusal to concur or nonconcur; request for conference; procedure.
When a bill or concurrent resolution is returned by either house to the house of origin with
amendments, and the house of origin refuses to concur or to nonconcur therein, a confer-
ence may be requested by a majority vote of the members present and voting. Such request
shall be transmitted to the other house by message which shall include the names of the
conferees on the part of the requesting house. Upon receipt of any such message, the
receiving house may, in like manner, approve such conference, and shall thereupon notify
the requesting house by message stating the names of its conferees.

(e) Membership; appointment; chairperson; house of origin of substitute or materially
changed bill or concurrent resolution; meetings of conference committee. Each conference
committee shall consist of three members of the senate and three members of the house of
representatives, unless otherwise fixed by agreement of the president of the senate and
speaker of the house. Senate members shall be appointed by the president of the senate
and house members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The
president or the speaker may replace any conferee previously appointed by such person.
Not less than one member appointed from each house shall be a member of the minority
political party of such house except when such representation for such house is waived by
the minority leader of such house. In all cases, the first-named member of the house of
origin of the bill or concurrent resolution assigned to the committee shall be chairperson
of the conference committee. The house of origin of a substitute bill or substitute concurrent
resolution shall be the house in which the bill or concurrent resolution in its original form
was introduced. The chairperson of a conference committee on a bill or concurrent reso-
lution the subject matter of which has been ruled to be materially changed shall be a member
of the house which amended the bill or concurrent resolution to materially change the
subject matter. Each conference committee shall meet on the call of its chairperson. All
meetings of conference committees shall be open to the public and no meeting shall be
adjourned to another time or place in order to subvert such policy.

(f) Conference committee reports; subject matters which may be included; report not
subject to amendment; house which acts first on report; copies of reports; reports considered
under any order of business. Only subject matters which are or have been included in the
bill or concurrent resolution in conference or in bills or concurrent resolutions which have
been passed or adopted in either one or both houses during the current biennium of the
legislature may be included in the report of the conference committee on any bill or con-
current resolution except in any appropriations bill there may be included a proviso relating
to any such item of appropriation. A conference committee report shall not be subject to
amendment. The original signed conference committee report shall be submitted to and
acted upon first by the house other than the house of origin of the bill or concurrent
resolution. Copies of each report shall be made available to all members of the house
considering the same not later than the time of consideration of the report, except when
such report is that members of the committee are unable to reach agreement or is a rec-
ommendation to accede to or to recede from all of the amendments of the second house.
The affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members present in the house at the time of consideration
of the report shall be sufficient to dispense with distribution of copies of the conference
committee report to all members of that house. Reports of conference committees may be
received and considered under any order of business.

(g) Signatures required on conference committee reports. All initial conference com-
mittee reports other than an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that a new
conference committee be appointed shall be signed by all of the conferees. All initial con-
ference committee reports which are an agreement to disagree coupled with a request that
a new conference committee be appointed shall be signed by a majority of the conferees
appointed in each house. If a conference committee report which is an agreement to disa-
gree coupled with a request that a new conference committee be appointed is not adopted,
a subsequent conference committee report shall be signed by all conferees unless a subse-
quent conference committee report which is an agreement to disagree coupled with a re-
quest that a new conference committee be appointed is adopted, in which case a conference
committee report subsequent to the adoption of such report shall be signed by a majority
of the conferees appointed in each house. All other conference committee reports shall be
signed by a majority of the conferees appointed in each house.

(h) Vote to adopt conference committee report final action; effect of failure of motion to
adopt conference committee report. The vote to adopt the report of a conference committee,
other than a report of failure to agree coupled with a recommendation for appointment of
a new conference committee, shall be considered final action on the bill or concurrent
resolution and the affirmative and negative votes thereon shall be entered in the journal. If
the motion fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed. If the motion
on a conference committee report which is an agreement to disagree coupled with a request
that a new conference committee be appointed fails, the bill or concurrent resolution shall
not be deemed to have been killed thereby and remains in conference.

(i) Report of conference committee unable to agree; effect of failure to request new con-
ference committee; effect of failure of motion to adopt report requesting new conference
committee. If a conference committee upon any bill or concurrent resolution is unable to
agree, it shall report that fact to both houses. Such report may request that a new conference
committee be appointed thereon. If the committee so reports but fails to request the ap-
pointment of a new conference committee thereon the bill or concurrent resolution shall
be deemed to have been killed upon the adoption by either house of such report. If the
motion to adopt a report requesting the appointment of a new conference committee fails,
the bill or concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be killed.

(j) Bills or concurrent resolutions under consideration by conference committees and
reports thereof; carryover from odd-numbered to even-numbered year. Bills or concurrent
resolutions under consideration by a conference committee, or a report of which has been
filed but no action taken thereon in either house, at the time of adjournment of a regular
session of the legislature held in an odd-numbered year shall remain alive during the interim
and may be considered by the committee and legislature as the case may be at the regular
session held in the following even-numbered year.

Joint rule 4. Deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills. The senate
and house of representatives shall observe the following schedule of deadlines in making
requests for drafting and in the introduction and consideration of bills.

(a) Bill request deadline for individual members. Except for bills introduced pursuant
to (i) of this rule, no request to draft bills, except those made by committees, through their
respective chairpersons, shall be made to, or accepted by, the office of the revisor of statutes
after the hour of 5:00 p.m. on January 25, 1999, during the 1999 regular session and on
January 24, 2000, during the 2000 regular session.

(b) Bill introduction deadline for individual members. Except as provided in (i) of this
rule, no bill sponsored by a member or members shall be introduced in either house of the
legislature after the hour of adjournment on February 10, 1999, during the 1999 regular
session and on February 9, 2000, during the 2000 regular session. Such deadline for the
introduction of bills by individual members may be changed to an earlier date in either
house at any time by resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a
majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in such house.

(c) Bill request deadline for certain committees. Except for bills to be introduced pur-
suant to (i) of this rule, no committee except the committee on ways and means of the
senate, select committees of either house when so authorized, the committee on federal
and state affairs of either house or the house committees on calendar and printing, appro-
priations and taxation shall make a request to the office of the revisor of statutes for any bill
to be drafted for sponsorship by such committee after the hour of 5:00 p.m. on February
3, 1999, during the 1999 regular session and on February 2, 2000, during the 2000 regular
session.

(d) Bill introduction deadline for certain committees. Except as provided in (i) of this
rule, no bill sponsored by any committee of either house of the legislature, except the
committee on ways and means of the senate, select committees of either house when so
authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of either house or the house com-
mittees on calendar and printing, appropriations and taxation shall be introduced in either
house after the hour of adjournment on February 12, 1999, during the 1999 regular session
and on February 11, 2000, during the 2000 regular session.

(e) House of origin bill consideration deadline. No bill, except bills sponsored by, re-
ferred to or acted upon by the committee on ways and means of the senate, select com-
mittees of either house when so authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of
either house or the house committees on calendar and printing, appropriations and taxation
shall be considered in the house in which such bill originated after the hour of adjournment
on February 27, 1999, during the 1999 regular session and on February 26, 2000, during
the 2000 regular session.

(f) Second house bill consideration deadline. No bill, except bills sponsored by, referred
to or acted upon by the committee on ways and means of the senate, select committees of
either house when so authorized, the committee on federal and state affairs of either house
or the house committees on calendar and printing, appropriations and taxation shall be
considered by the house, not the house of origin of such bill, after the hour of adjournment
on March 27, 1999, during the 1999 regular session and March 25, 2000, during the 2000
regular session.

(g) Exceptions to limitation of (d), (e) and (f); procedure. Specific exceptions to the
limitations prescribed in subsections (d), (e) and (f) may be made in either house by reso-
lution adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members of such
house then elected (or appointed) and qualified.

(h) Deadline which falls on day neither house in session; effect. In the event that any
deadline prescribed in this rule falls on a day that neither house of the legislature is in
session, such deadline shall be observed on the next following day that either house is in
session.

(i) Bills introduced in odd-numbered years after deadlines; effect. Bills may be intro-
duced by members and committees in regular sessions occurring in an odd-numbered year
after the times prescribed in (b) and (d) of this rule, but there shall be no final action
thereon by either house during the session when introduced. Such bills shall be held over
for consideration at the next succeeding regular session held in an even-numbered year.

(j) Modification of schedule of deadlines for introduction and consideration of bills; pro-
cedure. In any regular session a concurrent resolution may be adopted by the affirmative
vote of not less than a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified
of each house setting forth a different schedule of deadlines for introduction and consid-
eration of bills for that session and the provisions of such concurrent resolution shall apply
to such session notwithstanding provisions of this rule to the contrary.

(k) Bill consideration deadline; exceptions. No bills shall be considered by the Legisla-
ture after April 10, 1999, during the 1999 regular session and after April 8, 2000, during
the 2000 regular session except bills vetoed by the Governor, the omnibus appropriation
act and the omnibus reconciliation spending limit bill provided for under K.S.A. 75-6702
and amendments thereto. This subsection (k) may be suspended for the consideration of a
specific bill or bills not otherwise exempt under this subsection by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified in the house in which
the bill is to be considered.

Joint rule 5. Closure of meetings to consider matters relating to security. Any
standing committee of the House of Representatives, any standing committee of the Senate,
the Legislative Coordinating Council, any joint committee of both houses of the legislature,
any special or select committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, the House
of Representatives in session, the Senate in session or a joint session of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate may meet in closed, executive session for the purpose of re-
ceiving information and considering matters relating to the security of state officers or
employees, or both, or the security of buildings and property under the ownership or control
of the State of Kansas.

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were introduced and read by title:

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6004--

By Special Committee on Information Management A RESOLUTION requiring the Attorney General to bring suit challenging the provisions
of Section 656(b) of P.L. 104-208. WHEREAS, Section 656(b) of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-208) requires that state issued drivers' licenses and
nondriver identification cards must contain the holder's social security number or that the
state must verify with the Social Security Administration the social security number of each
applicant for a license or identification card; and

WHEREAS, This requirement violates the rights protected by the Tenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States and violates Section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974
(P.L. 93-579): Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: That, in accordance
with K.S.A. 75-702, the Attorney General of the State of Kansas is hereby required to file
and prosecute an action challenging the legality of the provisions of Section 656(b) of P.L.
104-208.

HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6005--

By Representatives Jennison and Garner A RESOLUTION adopting permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 1999-2000 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 1999-2000 biennium.

RULES OF THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1999-2000 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.

Rule 102. Speaker Taking Chair. The Speaker shall take the chair each day, at the
hour to which the House has adjourned. The Speaker shall call the House to order and
proceed to business in accordance with the Rules of the House.

Rule 103. First Business. The first business each legislative day shall be the taking of
the roll followed by prayer.

Rule 104. Order of Business. (a) The regular order of business each legislative day,
except on days and at times set apart for the consideration of special orders and except as
provided by the joint rules of the House and Senate, shall be as follows:

(1) Introduction and reference of bills and concurrent resolutions.

(2) Reports of select committees.

(3) Receipt of messages from the Governor.

(4) Communications from state officers.

(5) Messages from the Senate.

(6) Introduction and notice of original motions and house resolutions.

(7) Consideration of motions and house resolutions offered on a previous day.

(8) The unfinished business before the House at the time of adjournment on the pre-
vious day.

(9) Consent calendar.

(10) Final Action on bills and concurrent resolutions.

(11) Bills under consideration to concur and nonconcur.

(12) General Orders.

(13) Reports of standing committees.

(b) The presentation of petitions shall be a special order of business on Friday of each
week immediately preceding the regular order of business.

Rule 105. Members Excused from Attendance. Members may be excused from
attendance on any legislative day by the Speaker for the following reasons and such reasons
shall be shown in the Journal: (1) verified illness; (2) legislative business; and (3) excused
absence by the Speaker.

Rule 106. Introduction of Guests. Except when permission has been given by the
Speaker before taking the chair, no guests in the gallery shall be introduced to the House.

Rule 107. Session Proforma. (a) The House of Representatives may meet from time
to time for the sole purposes 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.

(6) Presentation of Petitions.

(d) Motions. No motion shall be in order other than the motion to adjourn.

(e) Objections. Any objection by any member shall require the Session Proforma to
adjourn to the next day, Saturday and Sundays excluded, at 11:00 a.m.

(f) Quorum and Roll. There shall be no requirement for a quorum or taking of the
roll.

ARTICLE 3. QUORUM Rule 301. Quorum, What Constitutes. A majority of all members then elected (or
appointed) and qualified shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum no business
shall be transacted by the House, except as provided in Rule 107, 302 and 303 or to recess
or adjourn.

Rule 302. Absence of Quorum. In the absence of a quorum during any session of the
House, the members present may do what is necessary to attain a 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.

(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 Representa-
tives is in session, except as provided by resolution.

(c) No person registered with the Secretary of State as a lobbyist shall be on the floor
of the House chamber during the part of the year that the Legislature is in session.

(d) The sergeant at arms shall remove all persons from the floor, except persons au-
thorized under the Rules of the House or a House resolution.

(e) The provisions of this rule shall not be construed to prevent the right of access
(through the west hallway) by persons going directly to or returning from the offices of the
Speaker and the Majority Leader.

Rule 502. Smoking and Tobacco Products. No smoking shall be permitted in the
House chamber. No member may request a page to purchase any tobacco product. In
addition to the areas of the house in which smoking is otherwise prohibited under this rule,
no smoking shall be permitted in the house cloakrooms, lounge, rest rooms or in the hallway
which runs along the west side of the chamber.

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. The use of telephones
and the making of telephone calls in the galleries of the House are prohibited.

Rule 504. Placing Material on Member's Desks. No items or material shall be
placed upon the desk of any member of the House unless any such item or material bears
the signature and printed name of the member responsible for its distribution. This Rule
504 shall not apply to items or material provided by legislative staff.

Rule 505. Photographic Record of Vote. No photographic or similar record shall be
made of the vote of any member upon any measure upon which a division of the assembly
has been called.

Rule 506. Wireless Electronic Telecommunications Devices. 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 res-
olution 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. 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 mes-
sage received by the chief clerk.

Rule 703. Reading of Bills and Resolutions for Introduction. For the purpose of
introduction, the chief clerk shall read bills and resolutions by title, except citations of
statutes. The Speaker may require any House resolution to be read in full. The name of the
sponsor shall be read if there is only one sponsor. If there are two sponsors, both names
shall be read. If there are more than two sponsors, the name of the first sponsor shall be
read, followed by the words ``and others.''

Rule 704. Senate Bills and Concurrent Resolutions; Procedure Following Intro-
duction. 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 res-
olution is a proposition to amend the Constitution of Kansas, to call a constitutional con-
vention 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 sub-
section (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 sub-
sequent 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 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. The standing committees
of the House shall be the following and have the number of members indicated for each:

1.Agriculture	17
2.Appropriations	23
3.Business, Commerce and Labor	17
4.Calendar and Printing	7
5.Economic Development	17
6.Education	23
7.Environment	17
8.Federal and State Affairs	23
9.Financial Institutions	17
10. Fiscal Oversight	14
11. Governmental Organization and Elections	17
12. Health and Human Services	17
13. Insurance	17
14. Interstate Cooperation	7
15. Judiciary	21
16. Local Government	17
17. Rules and Journal	5
18. Taxation	23
19. Tourism	17
20. Transportation	23
21. Utilities	17

Rule 1102. Committee Appointments. (a) The Speaker shall appoint the members
of the standing committees. The Speaker may remove or replace any such committee mem-
ber 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.

(c) The Speaker shall appoint the members of the following budget committees of the
committee on appropriations: Education and legislative budget committee, agriculture and
natural resources budget committee, general government and human resources budget com-
mittee, public safety budget committee, social services budget committee and tax, judicial
and transportation budget committee. The Speaker may appoint members to any such com-
mittee who are not members of the committee on appropriations. The Speaker shall appoint
the chairperson of each such committee. The Speaker may remove or replace any such
chairperson or member of such committee 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 an-
nounced in open session.

ARTICLE 13. COMMITTEES; PROCEDURE Rule 1301. Committee Meetings; Time and Place. (a) When the Legislature is in
session, standing committees shall meet at the times and place assigned by the Speaker on
the call of the chairperson.

(b) Also, when the Legislature is in session, a standing committee shall meet upon
written request of three members of the committee. Such a request shall be submitted to
the Speaker and the chairperson at least one legislative day before the requested time of
meeting. The time and place of a meeting under this subsection (b) shall be set by the
chairperson with the approval of the Speaker.

Rule 1302. Notice and Agenda for Committee Meetings. The chairperson shall
provide notice of meetings and an agenda or agenda information to committee members,
the chief clerk and the public. The chief clerk shall include in the calendar such information
as is practical.

Rule 1303. Duties of Committee Chairperson. The principal duties of the chair-
person 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 com-
mittee at a subsequent meeting, minutes of meetings which shall include:

(1) The time and place of each meeting of the committee;

(2) the attendance of committee members; and

(3) the names and addresses of persons appearing before the committee and whom
each represents;

(e) to prepare and sign reports of the committee and submit them promptly to the chief
clerk;

(f) to appoint subcommittees to perform duties on an informal basis; and

(g) to inform the Speaker of any committee activity which caused any member of the
committee to be absent during any recorded vote.

Rule 1304. Introduction of Committee Bills and Resolutions. A committee may
introduce bills and resolutions while the Legislature is in session respecting any matters
referred to it. A standing committee may introduce bills and resolutions 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.

Rule 1305. Quorum of a Committee. A quorum shall be present at a meeting for a
committee to act officially. A quorum of a committee is a majority of the members of the
committee. A quorum of a committee may transact business and a majority of the quorum,
even though it is a minority of the committee, may adopt a committee report.

Rule 1306. Voting in Committees. (a) All final actions by a committee shall be taken
at a called meeting while the Legislature is in session. The total vote for or against each
action shall be recorded in the committee minutes.

(b) The committee chairperson may vote but shall not be required to vote unless the
committee is equally divided. If the chairperson's vote makes the division equal, the question
shall be lost.

(c) An action formally taken by a committee cannot be altered in the committee except
by reconsideration and further formal action of the committee.

(d) A motion to take from the table may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the members present at any called meeting of the committee.

Rule 1307. Procedure in General. Committee procedure shall be informal, but
where any questions arise thereon, the rules or practices of the House are applicable except
that the right of a member to speak to any question shall not be subject to the limitations
prescribed by Rule 1704. All motions in a committee shall require a second.

Rule 1308. Committee Action on Bills and Resolutions. (a) A committee may rec-
ommend amendments to measures referred to it which are germane to the subject of the
measure. Committee recommendations shall be made by committee report to the House.
Committee reports shall be signed by the chairperson or other committee members au-
thorized by the committee to make the report, and shall be transmitted to the House not
later than the second legislative day following the action of the committee.

(b) All committee reports on bills and resolutions shall be recorded in the journal.

(c) If amendments are pending on a measure when referred to a committee, the amend-
ments accompany the bill and the committee may recommend the adoption or rejection of
the amendments already proposed and make further recommendations.

Rule 1309. Motion to Withdraw a Bill or Resolution from a Committee. (a) Each
standing committee should report to the House upon all matters referred to it within 10
legislative days after its reference to the committee.

(b) When a committee fails to report on any bill or resolution within the time directed
by subsection (a), it 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 reso-
lution 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.

(c) Motions to withdraw a bill or resolution from a committee are not subject to amend-
ment or debate.

(d) The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) of this rule shall not apply to resolutions
adopting or amending rules of the House. Resolutions relating to the adoption or the amend-
ment 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. 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 com-
mittee 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 resolu-
tions 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 committee on calendar and printing. The reporting committee and its action on the
bill or resolution shall be shown under each thereof. Such bills and resolutions shall be
considered by the committee of the whole in the order which they appear on General
Orders.

Rule 1502. Posting of Sequence for Succeeding Day. When the committee on
calendar and printing has prepared the sequence of bills and resolutions to appear on Gen-
eral Orders for the succeeding legislative day, a copy of the list giving the number desig-
nation 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 an-
nounced 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.

(b) Also, the order of a bill or resolution on General Orders may be changed by vote of
a majority of all members then elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House on a
motion made as provided in this subsection (b). 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.

(c) Motions to change the order of a bill or resolution on General Orders are not subject
to amendment or debate.

(d) This Rule 1503 does not apply to the addition or removal of a bill or resolution from
General Orders.

Rule 1504. Adversely Reported Bills and Resolutions; Calendar Location. Bills
and resolutions that are adversely reported shall appear on the calendar for one day under
the heading bills adversely reported.

Rule 1505. Motion to Move Adversely Reported Bill or Concurrent Resolution
to General Orders. (a) A motion to add an adversely reported bill or resolution to General
Orders shall be made in writing. Such motion shall be made under the order of business
introduction and notice of original motions and House resolutions, and such motion may
not be made after the legislative day when the bill or resolution appears on the calendar
under Rule 1504. The motion shall be read by the chief clerk or the member making the
motion and shall be printed in the calendar of the next legislative day under the order of
business consideration of motions and House resolutions offered on a previous day. The
motion shall be considered on the legislative day following the day it is made.

(b) When a bill or resolution has been separately referred and is adversely reported by
the first committee of separate reference, a motion to add the adversely reported bill or
resolution to General Orders is not in order, but a motion to move the adversely reported
bill or resolution to the next committee of separate reference may be made in the same
manner as the motion in subsection (a).

(c) Adoption of a motion under this Rule 1505 requires the affirmative vote of 70 mem-
bers 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.

ARTICLE 17. MEMBERS ADDRESSING THE HOUSE Rule 1701. Requesting the Floor. Any member desiring to request the floor shall
press the ``present'' button, and shall not proceed until recognized by the chair.

Rule 1702. Order During Speaking. While a member is speaking to the House, no
other member shall engage in private conversation or pass between the member speaking
and the chair.

Rule 1703. When Question is Put. While a question is being put or a roll call or
division is being taken, members are not to speak or leave their seats.

Rule 1704. Violation of Rules While Speaking. (a) Members shall address the House
from the microphone located in the well of the House chamber.

(b) No member shall speak more than twice on the same day to the same question
without leave of the House, unless the member is the mover or is carrying the measure, in
which case such member may open and close the debate and may respond to direct questions
from other members addressed to them during the course of consideration of the measure.
For the purposes of this subsection, an amendment to any measure shall be considered as
a separate and independent question.

(c) The privilege of a member carrying a measure to open and close the debate shall
not be affected by any order for the previous question or that debate shall cease. Such
member may occupy 20 minutes in closing the debate after the previous question is ordered
and may divide that time with other members.

(d) While a member is carrying a measure, such member may yield to another member
for explanation of the measure, or for personal explanation, or for a motion to adjourn
without losing the privilege to carry the measure for the remainder of their time except that
such member may not yield to any member who has already spoken twice on such question
on the same day.

(e) If any member, in speaking, violates the rules of the House, the chair shall call such
member to order.

ARTICLE 19. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Rule 1901. Motion to go into Committee of the Whole House. When the order
of business General Orders is reached, a motion shall be in order for the House to go into
committee of the whole for consideration of bills and resolutions as listed on General Orders.

Rule 1902. Committee of the Whole; Normal Procedure. Bills and resolutions shall
be considered in the committee of the whole as follows: If the standing committee has
recommended that the bill or resolution be amended, the standing committee report shall
first be considered, and if it is adopted, the bill as amended by the committee report shall
be considered section by section, and as each section is considered, amendments from the
floor are in order to that section. If the committee report is not adopted, or if the committee
has recommended no amendments, the bill, without committee amendments, shall be con-
sidered section by section, and as each section is considered amendments from the floor
are in order to that section. After a section has been once considered, no amendment thereto
shall be in order until the whole bill shall have been considered section by section. After
the original bill, together with standing committee amendments if any, has been considered
section by section, the chairperson shall announce ``Amendments to the bill generally are
in order,'' and amendments not before offered may be made to any part of the bill. 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 amend-
ment 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 to pass over a bill or
resolution and that it retain its place on the Calendar or (2) a motion to pass over a bill or
resolution and that it retain a place on General Orders shall be in order only after the
chairperson has announced that the next order of business is such bill or resolution and has
recognized a member to carry it. Either such 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 Com-
mittee of the Whole. When in the committee of the whole, 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.
No motion to refer a bill or resolution to the committee on fiscal oversight shall be in order.

Rule 1905. Striking Bills and Resolutions from the Calendar While in Commit-
tee 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 ``present'' button, and shall not proceed until recognized by the chair-
person of the committee of the whole.

Rule 1907. Rules Applicable. The same rules, except Rule 2508, shall be observed
in the committee of the whole as in the House, so far as the same are applicable, except
that the previous question and the motion to lay on the table shall not apply.

Rule 1908. Rise and Report. A motion for the committee of the whole to rise and
report shall be in order at any stage, and shall be decided without debate. When the com-
mittee 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 rec-
ommended 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 recommen-
dation 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 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.

Any member, upon recognition by the presiding officer, may request a ruling upon the
germaneness of any amendment to a bill or resolution. All rulings upon the question of
germaneness shall be made by the chairperson of the House Committee on Rules and
Journal. At the time of making such ruling, the chairperson shall state the reasons or basis
for such ruling. Appeals from rulings of the 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 makes such
ruling. Appeals from the ruling of the chairperson 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 Ma-
jority Leader and the Minority Leader or a member designated by the Minority Leader.
Debate upon the ruling of the chairperson shall be limited to the question of the germane-
ness of the proposed amendment. At the conclusion of debate the presiding officer shall
inquire: ``Shall the chairperson's ruling be sustained?''

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. In the case
of amendment by substitute bill, motion shall be made to substitute a written bill for the
bill under consideration.

Rule 2103. Reading Amendments; General Rule. Motions to amend bills and res-
olutions 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 Motions. When any motion to amend a bill or resolution contains
distinct propositions it shall be divided by the chairperson at the request of any member.

Rule 2106. Substitute Motions. No substitute motion to amend a bill or resolution
shall be in order.

Rule 2107. Subject Change by Senate. (a) When the Senate adopts amendments to
a House bill which materially changes its subject, upon return of such bill to the House, it
shall be read as provided for the introduction of bills and be referred as provided in Rule
701.

(b) The Speaker may determine when a bill is subject to subsection (a).

ARTICLE 23. PROCEDURAL MOTIONS Rule 2301. Order of Motions. When a question is under consideration, no motion
shall be received except as specified under the Rules of the House, which motions shall
have precedence in the following order:

(a) For adjournment of the House.

(b) For call of the House.

(c) To lay on the table.

(d) For the previous question.

(e) To postpone to a certain time.

(f) To commit to a standing committee.

(g) To commit to a select committee.

(h) To reject the adoption of reports of conference committees coupled with the request
for appointment of a new conference committee.

(i) To adopt the report of conference committees.

(j) To amend.

(k) To postpone indefinitely.

Rule 2302. Motion to Adjourn. The motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except
while a vote is being taken and until announced, or when a member has the floor, or when
the previous question is pending; but a motion to recess is not equivalent to a motion to
adjourn.

Rule 2303. Motion to Reconsider. A motion to reconsider shall take precedence of
all other questions except the motion to adjourn. No motion for reconsideration of any vote
shall be in order, unless made on the same day or the legislative day following that on which
the decision to be reconsidered took place, nor unless a member voting with the prevailing
side shall move such reconsideration. A motion for reconsideration, being put and lost, shall
not be renewed, nor shall any subject or vote be a second time reconsidered without unan-
imous 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 consid-
eration. When amendments are pending, a vote shall first be taken upon such amendments
in their order without further debate or amendment. A majority vote of the members present
shall order the previous question.

Rule 2305. Motions Not Subject to Debate. All questions relating to priority of
business shall be decided without debate. The motion to adjourn, to change the order of
consideration of a bill, for a call of the House, and to lay on the table shall be decided
without amendment or debate. The several motions to postpone or commit shall preclude
all debate on the main question.

Rule 2306. Motion to Refer Bills or Resolutions to Committee When Not in
Committee of the Whole. When not in the committee of the whole, a motion to refer a
bill or resolution from the calendar to a standing committee 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. No motion to refer a bill or resolution
to the committee on fiscal oversight shall be in order.

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 of-
ficer or read by the chief clerk, before debate, and again immediately before putting the
question.

Rule 2309. Dividing Motion. If any motion contains distinct propositions it shall be
divided by the chairperson at the request of any member.

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 Con-
stitution shall require an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members present in the House.

(2) A motion to suspend the rules and to permit amendment and debate of a bill under
the order of business Final Action shall require an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members
present in the House.

(b) When under the rules of the House a motion, question or action requires a vote of
a majority greater than a majority of the members present, the majority specified for such
motion, question or action shall be required to suspend the rules for the purpose of such
motion, question or action. When under the rules of the House notice of a motion reduces
the required majority for adoption of the motion, the required majority shall not be reduced
if the notice is disposed of by suspension of the rules.

(c) Suspension of the rules or unanimous consent shall not reduce the majority required
under subpart (1) of subsection (a) of this rule.

Rule 2312. Mason's Manual; When Applicable. In any case where rules of the
House or the joint rules of the Senate and House do not apply, Mason's Manual of Legis-
lative Procedure, shall govern.

ARTICLE 25. VOTING Rule 2501. Control and Use of Voting System. The electronic voting system shall
be under the control of the Speaker or other presiding officer and shall be operated by the
chief clerk. The electronic voting system shall be used to record the vote whenever a roll
call vote is taken on any question and may be used for ascertaining the vote upon any
measure upon which a division of the assembly has been called. In the event that the system
is not operating properly, roll call votes may be taken by calling the roll.

Rule 2502. Procedure for Taking a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is 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 their
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
their vote?'' If any member does desire to change their 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 direct the chief
clerk to record the vote, and when the vote is recorded the presiding officer shall announce
the vote.

Rule 2503. Display of Recurring Totals. Under Rule 2502, recurring totals shall be
displayed only after the roll is closed. No recurring totals shall be displayed for a determi-
nation of the vote upon a division of the assembly.

Rule 2504. Voting by Members. (a) A member may vote only when at their desk or
at any place within the chamber of the House when authorized by the presiding officer,
who shall direct the chief clerk to so vote for such member.

(b) No member shall vote for another member. No person not a member shall cast a
vote for a member, except as otherwise provided in the rules. In addition to such penalties
as may be prescribed by law, any member who votes or attempts to vote for another member
shall be subject to Article 49 of these rules. If a person not a member votes or attempts to
vote for any member, such person shall be barred from the floor of the House for the
remainder of the session, and, in addition to penalties prescribed by law, may be punished
further as the House determines.

(c) The Speaker shall not be compelled to vote except in case of a tie.

Rule 2505. Explaining Vote. Any member may, when a roll call vote is being taken
on the passage or adoption of any bill or resolution, explain their vote. Such member shall
be allowed not more than one minute for such explanation. Such explanation, if furnished
in writing by such member upon the day the vote is taken, shall be entered in the Journal,
provided it does not contain more than 100 words.

Rule 2506. Copies of Voting Records. (a) Unless otherwise ordered, the chief clerk
shall record each roll call vote and make copies available for the use of the news media. No
record shall be made of the vote of any member voting upon any measure upon which a
division of the assembly has been called.

(b) When a roll call vote is taken, it shall be recorded in the Journal by a statement of
the names and total number voting in the affirmative, the names and total number voting
in the negative, names and total number indicating presence but not voting and the names
and total number absent or not voting, except that the provisions of this section shall not
permit a member to fail to vote in violation of Rule 2508.

Rule 2507. When Roll Call Vote to be Taken. (a) A roll call vote shall be taken for
the passage of any bill.

(b) A roll call vote shall be taken for the adoption of any concurrent resolution to amend
the Constitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend
a session of the Legislature in even-numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the Con-
stitution 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 sub-
section (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 con-
current 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 once invoked, then 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 has been exerted to secure
absentees.

(b) Any member, who is directly interested in a question, may be excused from voting,
when there is a call of the House. The member, who is requesting to be excused from voting,
shall state the reasons therefor, occupying not more than five minutes. The question on
excusing such member from voting shall be taken without debate and a 2/3 majority of
members present shall be necessary to excuse such member. If a member refuses to vote,
when not excused, such refusal shall constitute grounds for reprimand, censure or expulsion
under Article 49 of the Rules of the House.

Rule 2509. Voice Vote; Division of the Assembly. Except when a roll call vote is
required a voice vote shall be taken on all questions. Any member may call for a division of
the assembly to determine the vote by the voting system.

ARTICLE 27. FINAL ACTION Rule 2701. Description and Function. Subject to Rule 2705, bills and resolutions
reported favorably by the committee of the whole shall constitute the order of business Final
Action of the House. The titles of such bills and resolutions shall appear under the heading
Final Action in numerical order. The standing committee which reported it and the com-
mittee 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 dur-
ing 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. At any time prior to the call for the
vote under the order of business Final Action on a bill or concurrent resolution on the
Consent Calendar, any member may object to the bill or concurrent resolution as being
controversial and thereupon it shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and shall be
placed on General Orders. If no objection is made prior to the call for the vote on the bill
or concurrent resolution, it shall be ordered to Final Action for vote before other bills and
concurrent resolutions on Final Action.

Rule 2706. Majority for Bill Passage. As provided in section 13 of article 2 of the
Constitution of Kansas, a majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified,
voting in the affirmative, shall be necessary for the passage of a bill.

Rule 2707. Vote Required for Adoption of House Resolutions and Concurrent
Resolutions. (a) A majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified voting
in the affirmative shall be necessary to adopt House resolutions and concurrent resolutions,
except as otherwise specified in these rules.

(b) Adoption of concurrent resolutions to amend the Constitution of the state of Kansas,
to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend a session of the Legislature in even-
numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the Constitution of the United States, to make
any application for Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Consti-
tution of the United States and when required by the joint rules of the House and Senate
shall require a 2/3 majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified, voting
in the affirmative.

Rule 2708. Motion to Adopt Report of Conference Committee. The member car-
rying the report of a conference committee shall move that such report be adopted prior to
yielding the floor to any other member and a motion to adopt a report of a conference
committee shall not be offered as a substitute motion.

ARTICLE 29. RESOLUTIONS Rule 2901. Resolving Clause; Form. (a) Concurrent resolutions to amend the Con-
stitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend a session
of the Legislature in even-numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the Constitution of
the United States, to make any application for Congress to call a convention for proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the United States and when required by the joint rules
of the House and Senate shall have a resolving clause which reads ``Be it resolved by the
Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to the House of
Representatives and two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate concurring therein.''

(b) Concurrent resolutions for any purpose other than subsection (a) shall have a re-
solving clause which reads ``Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
Kansas, the Senate concurring therein.''

(c) House resolutions shall have a resolving clause which reads ``Be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the State of Kansas.''

Rule 2902. House Resolutions; Introduction and Consideration. (a) House reso-
lutions, 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; Committee on
Calendar and Printing; 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 Represen-
tatives unless application for approval of the introduction of such resolution is first made to
the committee on calendar and printing, and the resolution is approved for introduction by
the committee on calendar and printing. The application shall be determined on the basis
of content alone. The committee on calendar and printing 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 committee on cal-
endar and printing shall report to the House the decision of the committee on each appli-
cation approved by the committee under this rule for the introduction of a House resolution
or House concurrent resolution or issuance of a certificate of the House.

ARTICLE 33. MEMBER OFFICERS Rule 3301. Elected Member Officers. The Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tem shall
be members and shall be elected by the members of the House, except as otherwise provided
in subsection (b) of Rule 3304.

Rule 3302. Duties of the Speaker. In addition to other powers and duties of the
Speaker provided by the Rules of the House and by law, the Speaker shall have the powers
and duties as follows:

(a) To preserve order and decorum;

(b) to decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the House;

(c) in the absence of the Speaker Pro Tem, to appoint any member to perform the
duties of the chair for not more than two consecutive legislative days; and

(d) to name a chairperson to preside when the House is in committee of the whole.

Rule 3303. Speaker Pro Tem. In the absence of the Speaker, the Speaker Pro Tem
shall exercise the powers and duties of the Speaker.

Rule 3304. Filling Certain Vacancies. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of
Speaker and the Legislature is adjourned to a date more than 60 days after the occurrence
of the vacancy, the House of Representatives shall meet within 30 days and elect a member
to fill the vacancy. The Speaker Pro Tem shall within 10 days of such occurrence issue a
call for such meeting at a time not less than 10 days and not more than 20 days after the
date of the call.

(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker Pro Tem or Majority Leader of the
House of Representatives, the Speaker shall appoint an acting Speaker Pro Tem or acting
Majority Leader, to serve until the convening of the next session of the Legislature, at which
time the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided for the original election or selection
of such officer.

(c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of Minority Leader of the House of Represen-
tatives and the Legislature is adjourned to a date less than 30 days after the occurrence of
the vacancy, the Assistant Minority Leader shall become the acting Minority Leader to serve
until the convening of the next session of the Legislature, at which time the vacancy shall
be filled in the manner provided for the original selection of such officer. When a vacancy
occurs in the office of the Minority Leader of the House and the Legislature is adjourned
to a date 30 days or more after the occurrence of the vacancy, the Assistant Minority Leader
shall within 10 days after such occurrence issue a call for a meeting of the members of the
minority party at a time not less than 10 and not more than 20 days after the date of the
call to be held in the state capitol for the purpose of filling the vacancy in the office of
Minority Leader for the remainder of the term of office. 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.

(d) Any person elected, appointed or designated to fill a vacancy under this rule shall
exercise all of the duties and powers prescribed for the office so filled.

ARTICLE 35. NONMEMBER OFFICERS Rule 3501. Chief Clerk; Appointment. The chief clerk shall be appointed by the
Speaker and shall serve under the Speaker's direction, control and supervision and at the
pleasure of the Speaker. As used in the Rules of the House, ``chief clerk'' means the chief
clerk appointed under this Rule 3501 or a person designated by the chief clerk to perform
a function of the chief clerk.

Rule 3502. Duties of the Chief Clerk. The chief clerk shall supervise the keeping of
and be responsible for a record of all proceedings of the House; number and present to the
House all bills, resolutions, petitions and other papers which the House may require; deliver
all messages from the House to the Senate; transmit bills and other documents to be printed
and take a receipt therefor; transmit bills for engrossment and take receipt therefor; receive
all bills, resolutions and other papers which are enrolled and give receipt therefor; and cause
all enrolled bills, resolutions and other documents to be proofread and corrected prior to
signing thereof by officers of the House.

Rule 3503. Other Clerks. The chief clerk shall appoint additional clerks and personnel
to assist in performance of the duties of the chief clerk. Such additional clerks and personnel
shall serve under the chief clerk's direction, control and supervision and at the pleasure of
the chief clerk.

Rule 3504. Document Care. No bill, resolution, petition or other document shall be
loaned or delivered to any person, except when delivered to an officer of the House, to the
director of printing, the revisor of statutes or the Senate and only upon a written receipt
therefor.

Rule 3505. Sergeant at Arms; Appointment. The sergeant at arms shall be appointed
by the Speaker and shall serve under the Speaker's direction, control and supervision and
at the pleasure of the Speaker.

Rule 3506. Duties of the Sergeant at Arms. The sergeant at arms shall preserve
order within the chamber of the House and its lobby and galleries. The sergeant at arms
may arrest and take into custody any person for disorderly conduct, subject at all times to
the authority of the House or Speaker, or chairperson of the committee of the whole, and
shall be responsible for the enforcement of Rules 501 through 505 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 as-
sistant sergeants at arms to serve under the supervision of the sergeant at arms. All door-
keepers 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 the Thursday preceding the Monday
on which the legislative session is to commence or (2) in lieu of mailing, copies of the
resolution are made available to members on the first day of the legislative session and
consideration under Rule 3704 occurs on the second legislative day.

ARTICLE 39. FORM AND PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Rule 3901. Bills Amending Existing Statutes. Any bill intended to amend or repeal
any section or sections of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall recite in its title the section
or sections to be amended or repealed, and if to amend or repeal any section of a session
law not in Kansas Statutes Annotated, the section and chapter of the session law affected.

Rule 3902. Bills, Copies. Each bill introduced shall consist of an original and copies.
All bills shall be printed with as many copies as the Speaker specifies. Except for prefiled
bills, printing shall be ordered subsequent to introduction.

Rule 3903. Showing Committee Amendments. All bills and resolutions reported by
a committee with recommendation for amendments and to be passed as amended shall be
reprinted.

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 des-
ignation 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 res-
olution shall be printed in the manner provided for concurrent resolutions introduced, and
the concurrent resolution number designation shall be substantially as follows:

(1) In the case of concurrent resolutions substituted for House concurrent resolutions,
``Substitute for House Concurrent Resolution No. ____,'' and the blank shall be filled
with the number of the concurrent resolution for which substitution is made or
recommended.

(2) In the case of concurrent resolutions substituted for Senate concurrent resolutions,
``House Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution No. ____,'' and 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 at least 48 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, it shall be reprinted showing the amendments.

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 di-
rected by the Speaker, not more than five copies of any enrolled House resolutions and any
enrolled House concurrent resolutions may be printed on embellished parchment and shall
be distributed as directed by the resolution. Additional copies of any resolution may be
printed on embellished parchment and mailed at the expense of the member requesting
such additional copies.

Rule 3909. House Resolutions. Subject to Rule 3908, House resolutions shall not be
printed, except resolutions to amend rules of the House, to approve or disapprove executive
reorganization orders or if the resolution has been referred to a committee, in which cases
the resolution shall be printed.

ARTICLE 41. JOURNAL AND CALENDAR Rule 4101. Journal; Preparation. The daily Journal of the House of Representatives
shall be prepared by the chief clerk in accordance with the Rules of the House.

Rule 4102. Entering in Journal. When a bill, order, motion or resolution is entered
in the Journal, the names of the members or legislative committee introducing or moving
the same shall be entered.

Rule 4103. Resolutions in Journal. All House resolutions and all House concurrent
resolutions shall be printed in the Journal when introduced.

Rule 4104. Messages from the Governor in Journal. All messages from the Gov-
ernor 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.

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.

Rule 4302. Special Order. Any matter may be made the special order for any partic-
ular time or day, but all requests and motions for special orders shall be referred to the
committee on rules and journal, which may designate particular times and days for such
special orders and report to the House for its approval. Upon adoption of such report by 2/3
of the members present, the matters designated shall stand as special orders for the times
stated, but no special order shall be made more than seven days in advance. This Rule 4302
shall not apply to executive reorganization orders or resolutions relating thereto.

Rule 4303. Petitions; Presentation. Petitions and memorials addressed to the House
shall be presented by a member.

Rule 4304. Petitions; Endorse Name. Each member presenting a petition or me-
morial shall endorse it with their name or the name of the committee, and a brief statement
of its subject.

Rule 4305. Open Meetings. The open meeting law (K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq. and
amendments thereto) shall apply to meetings of the House of Representatives and all of its
standing committees, select committees, special committees and subcommittees of any of
such committees.

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. The com-
mittee to which an executive reorganization order is referred shall report its recommen-
dations upon every executive reorganization order referred to it, in the form of a House
resolution, not later than the 60th calendar day of any regular session, and not later than 30
calendar days after it has received such referral whichever of the foregoing occurs first.

Rule 4503. Return in Event of Committee's Failure to Report. In the event that
a committee fails to report upon an executive reorganization order and upon all resolutions
relating thereto referred to it within the time specified in Rule 4502, such committee shall
be deemed to have returned the same to the House without recommendation thereon.

Rule 4504. Special Order of Business for ERO. When a report or return of an
executive reorganization order is made, it and all resolutions for approval or disapproval
thereof 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
approval or disapproval of an executive reorganization order shall be considered under the
order of business Final Action and shall be subject to debate and final action by the House.

Rule 4505. Nonapplication to Bills. This Article 45 shall not apply to bills amending
or otherwise affecting executive reorganization orders.

Rule 4506. Nonaction When Moot. The House shall act to approve or reject every
executive reorganization order unless at the time set for such action the Senate shall have
already rejected such executive reorganization order.

ARTICLE 47. IMPEACHMENT Rule 4701. Impeachment; Powers. Nothing in the rules of the House or in any
statute shall be deemed to impair or limit the powers of the House of Representatives with
respect to impeachment.

Rule 4702. Same; Select Committee. The Speaker may appoint a select committee
comprised only of members of the House of Representatives, and appoint its chairperson,
to inquire into any impeachment matter. Any such committee may be appointed at any time
and shall meet at the call of its chairperson or at the direction of the House, with the numbers
of such appointees being minority party members and majority party members in the same
proportion as for the entire House membership.

Rule 4703. Same; Reference. The Speaker may refer any impeachment inquiry or
other impeachment matter to any standing committee or any select committee appointed
under Rule 4702, and any committee to which such a referral has been made shall meet on
the call of its chairperson.

Rule 4704. Same; Report. Whenever a report is made by a committee to which an
impeachment inquiry or other impeachment matter has been referred, the report thereon
shall be made to the full House of Representatives, except that any such report may be
submitted preliminarily to the Speaker.

Rule 4705. Same; Call into Session. The Speaker or a majority of the members then
elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House of Representatives may call the House
of Representatives into session at any time to consider any impeachment matter.

Rule 4706. Same; Procedure. The Speaker and any officer or committee acting under
authority of this rule may follow any statutory procedure to the extent the same is not in
conflict with the provisions of this rule, but nothing in this rule nor in any statute shall be
deemed to constitute a waiver of any inherent powers of the House of Representatives.

ARTICLE 49. REPRIMAND, CENSURE OR EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Rule 4901. Complaint. When any member of the House of Representatives desires
to lodge a complaint against any other member of the House of Representatives, requesting
that the member be reprimanded, censured or expelled for any misconduct, the complaining
member shall file a written statement of such complaint with the chief clerk, and such
complaint shall bear the signature of the complaining member.

Rule 4902. Select Committee; Consideration of Complaint. Whenever any com-
plaint has been filed under this rule, the Speaker shall appoint a select committee of six
members for consideration thereof. The select committee shall be comprised equally of
majority and minority party members. 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. 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 2/3 majority vote of those members elected (or appointed) and qualified of the
House of Representatives.

REFERENCE OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

The following prefiled bills and resolutions were referred to committees as indicated:

Appropriations: HB 2004, 2008, 2014, 2017.

Economic Development: HCR 5002.

Education: HCR 5003.

Federal and State Affairs: HB 2007; HR 6004.

Governmental Organization and Elections: HB 2012, 2018.

Insurance: HB 2005, 2015.

Judiciary: HB 2002, 2003, 2019; HCR 5005, 5006.

Taxation: HB 2001, 2009, 2011, 2013.

Tourism: HB 2016.

Transportation: HB 2010; HCR 5004.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

Announcing adoption of SR 1801, a resolution relating to the organization of the 1999
Senate and selection of the following officers:

Dick Bond, President,

Alicia Salisbury, Vice President,

Tim Emert, Majority Leader,

Anthony Hensley, Minority Leader,

Pat Saville, Secretary,

Jim Woods, Sergeant at Arms,

and awaits the pleasure of the House of Representatives.

Also, announcing adoption of SCR 1604, a concurrent resolution relating to a committee
to wait upon the Governor and advise him the 1999 session of the Legislature is duly
organized and ready to receive communication.

Also, announcing the appointment of Senators Hardenburger and Steineger as Senate
members of the committee to wait upon the Governor.

On motion of Rep. Glasscock, SCR 1604, was introduced and adopted.

In accordance with SCR 1604, Speaker Jennison appointed Reps. Mollenkamp, Empson
and Ballard to wait upon the Governor.

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

Speaker Jennison introduced Joel Hornung, MD, president of the Kansas Academy of
Family Physicians, the organization that sponsors the Doctor of the Day Program. Dr.
Hornung, originally from Colby and a graduate of the Kansas University School of Medicine,
practices in Council Grove.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS

January 11, 1999 The Honorable Robin Jennison

Speaker of the House

Statehouse

Topeka, KS 66612

Dear Mr. Speaker:

This letter is to advise you that the Office of the Chief Clerk has received the following
communications during the interim since adjournment of the 1998 Regular Session of the
Legislature.

From the Office of Governor Bill Graves:

Executive Directive No. 98-269, Authorizing Certain Personnel Transactions and Au-
thorizing Certain Expenditures.

Executive Directive No. 98-270, Authorizing Certain Personnel Transactions and Au-
thorizing Certain Expenditures.

Executive Directive No. 98-271, Authorizing Certain Expenditures.

Executive Directive No. 98-272, Authorizing Certain Expenditures.

Executive Directive No. 98-273, Authorizing Personnel Transaction.

Executive Directive No. 98-274, Authorizing Certain Expenditures.

Executive Directive No. 98-275, Authorizing Personnel Transaction.

Executive Directive No. 98-276, Authorizing Certain Personnel Transactions.

Executive Directive No. 98-277, Authorizing Certain Personnel Transactions.

Executive Order No. 98-3, Offer of Reward.

Executive Order No. 98-4, Delegating Certain Rule Making Authority Granted the Gov-
ernor by the Code of Military Justice to the Kansas Adjutant General.

Executive Order No. 98-5, Governor's Military Affairs Coordinating Council.

Executive Order No. 98-6, Authorizing Executive Branch Employees to Participate in
Healthcheck `98-99.

Executive Order No. 98-7, Modifying the Adoption and Extension of the Application of
Certain Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Administration to Certain Positions in
the Unclassified Service Under the Kansas Civil Service Act.

Executive Order No. 98-8, Offer of Reward.

Executive Order No. 98-9, Establishing the Governor's Substance Abuse Prevention
Council.

Executive Order No. 98-10, Establishing the Dwight David Eisenhower Commission.

Executive Order No. 99-1, Offer of Reward.

Also, from Shirley A. Moses, Director, Division of Accounts and Reports, Monthly Fi-
nancial Report for April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

From Sandi Hackman, Commission Administrator, First Annual Report and Financial
Report for Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact.

From James R. Triplett, Chair, Final Report of the Kansas Special Commission on Water
Quality Standards.

State of Alaska, Legislative Resolve No. 72, Resolution prohibiting federal courts from
ordering a state or a political subdivision of a state to increase or impose taxes.

State of Alaska, Legislative Resolve No. 84, prohibiting desecration of the flag of the
United States.

Mathematics and Science Achievement State by State, 1998, National Education Goals
Panel, Governor Bill Graves, panelist.

From Frederick E. Boesch, Chief Information Technology Officer, Year-2000, Readiness
of Kansas Public Institutions: Hospitals, Local Governments, and Schools.

From Shirley A. Moses, Director, Accounts and Reports, State of Kansas Annual Financial

Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 1998.

From Joe Holland, New York State Senator, New York State Senate Committee Report
on Social Services.

From Meredith Williams, Executive Secretary, Annual Report of the Kansas Public Em-
ployees Retirement System for fiscal year ending June 30, 1998.

From Interprofessional Advisory Committee and Kansas State Board of Examiners in
Optometry, Optometry Law Report on Co-Management of Glaucoma and Oral Pharma-
ceutical Drug.

Also, from Steve Williams, Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, in ac-
cordance with K.S.A. 32-844 and 32-845, Land Acquisition and Lease Renewal Report,
January 11, 1999.

From Derl S. Treff, Director of Investments, Pooled Money Investment Board, in com-
pliance with K.S.A. 75-4222(h), Annual Report of the Pooled Money Investment Board for
Fiscal Year 1998.

The complete reports are kept on file and open for inspection in the office of the Chief
Clerk.

On motion of Rep. Glasscock, the House adjourned until 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January
12, 1999.

CHARLENE SWANSON, Journal Clerk.

JANET E. JONES, Chief Clerk.