HR 6004 — Providing the permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 biennium.

6004- page 6 recommendations to the Legislature to improve the legislative process, increase transparency and utilize technology.

1. Agriculture and natural resources budget ......................................................................

9 2. General government budget..........................................................budget.......................................................

9 3. Higher education budget................................................................9budget.............................................................9 4. K-12 education budget.................................................................13budget..............................................................13 5. Legislative budget.........................................................................budget......................................................................

9 6. Social services budget .................................................................................................................................

9 7. Transportation and public safety budget.......................................budget....................................

Except as otherwise provided in this rule, budget committees shall be deemed to be standing committees HR 6004 9 under the rules of the House of Representatives.

and (4) whenHOUSE aRESOLUTION committeeNo. recommends amendments to a bill that strike all sections in the bill subsequent to the enacting clause that contain new or amendatory language and inserts sections that contain new or amendatory language, a notation specifying:

6004- page 7 (4) when a committee recommends amendments to a bill that strike all sections in the bill subsequent to the enacting clause that contain new or amendatory language and inserts sections that contain new or amendatory language, a notation specifying:

(a) A committee may sponsor bills and resolutions for introduction while the HR 6004 10 Legislature is in session respecting any matters referred to it.

AquorumA 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.

(b) The committee chairperson may vote but shall not be required toHOUSE voteRESOLUTION unlessNo. the committee is equally divided.

6004- page 8 to vote unless the committee is equally divided.

(c) An action formally taken by a committee cannot be altered in the HR 6004 11 committee except by reconsideration and further formal action of the committee.

Not more than a total of five additional bills or parts of bills may be included in a committee report recommended by the committee on taxation.

Motion to Withdraw a Bill or Resolution from a HR 6004 12 Committee.

(c) TheHOUSE provisionsRESOLUTION ofNo. subsections (a) and (b) of this rule shall not apply to resolutions adopting or amending rules of the House.

6004- page 9 (c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this rule shall not apply to resolutions adopting or amending rules of the House.

When the HR 6004 13 Speaker and the Majority Leader have prepared the sequence of bills and resolutions to appear on General Orders for the succeeding legislative day, a copy of the list giving the number designation of each bill and resolution in the order they are to appear shall be posted near the entrance to the House chamber.

(a) A motion to add an adversely reported bill or resolution to General Orders shall be made in writing.HOUSE RESOLUTION No.

6004- page 10 writing.

HR 6004 14 (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).

The Speaker may re-re-refer refer any such referred bill to the committee of the whole at any time after such referral.

(b) No member shall speak more than twice on the same day to the HR 6004 15 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.

(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 questionHOUSE orRESOLUTION thatNo. debate shall cease.

6004- page 11 question or that debate shall cease.

After the original HR 6004 16 bill, together with standing committee amendments if any, has been considered, a motion that when the committee arises it report a bill favorably, or report a bill favorably as amended, shall not be in order until all other motions have been disposed of, and such a motion shall not be offered as a substitute motion.

When in the Committee of the Whole, either (1) a motion made by the Majority Leader or Assistant Majority Leader to pass over a bill or resolution and that it retain its place on the Calendar or (2) a motion made by the Majority Leader orAssistantor Assistant Majority Leader to pass over a bill or resolution and that it retain a place on General Orders shall be in order only after the chairperson has announced that the next order of business is such bill or resolution and has recognized a member to carry it.

Such motion shall require the vote of a majority of the membersHOUSE presentRESOLUTION forNo. adoption.

6004- page 12 members present for adoption.

(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.

HR 6004 17 Rule 1907.

AAmotion motion shall be out of order unless the written motion is first delivered to the chief clerk.

In the case HR 6004 18 of amendment by substitute bill, motion shall be made to substitute a writtenHOUSE billRESOLUTION forNo. the bill under consideration.

6004- page 13 written bill for the bill under consideration.

Motions to Amend Motions.AmotionMotions. to amend a motion to amend a bill or resolution shall not be in order.

A motion to amend a motion to amend a bill or resolution shall not be in order.

and (4) those portions of a motion to amend a bill as described in Rule 2110 shall be indivisible.

HR 6004 19 Rule 2107.

Unless by majority consent to correct an error in drafting, no floor amendmentHOUSE toRESOLUTION increaseNo. the amount of expenditures that would be authorized in a provision of an appropriations bill shall be in order unless the amendment contains a provision reducing, by a like or greater amount, expenditures that would be authorized in another provision of such appropriations bill.

6004- page 14 amendment to increase the amount of expenditures that would be authorized in a provision of an appropriations bill shall be in order unless the amendment contains a provision reducing, by a like or greater amount, expenditures that would be authorized in another provision of such appropriations bill.

HR 6004 20 but a motion to recess is not equivalent to a motion to adjourn.

AAmotion 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.

RuleHOUSE 2305.RESOLUTION No.

6004- page 15 Rule 2305.

When not in the Committee of HR 6004 21 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.

Motions under Rule 2105 shall be divided in accordance with that rule.

(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 art2clearticle 2, section 15 of the Constitution shall require an affirmative vote of /3of/ 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 of3/ of /3of the members present in the House.

When under the rules of the House notice of a motion reduces HR 6004 22 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.

(b) RulesHOUSE ofRESOLUTION legislativeNo. procedure are derived from several sources and take precedence in the order listed below.

6004- page 16 (b) Rules of legislative procedure are derived from several sources and take precedence in the order listed below.

After all members who desire to vote or to change their votes have had reasonable opportunity to do so, the presiding officer shall announce the vote and, when the vote has been announced, shall direct the chief clerk HR 6004 23 to record the vote.

upon the day the vote is taken or, if the vote is taken subsequent to 2:30 p.m., within one-half hour after the adjournment of theHOUSE HouseRESOLUTION onNo. that day, shall be entered in the Journal, provided it does not contain more than 100 words.

6004- page 17 the House on that day, shall be entered in the Journal, provided it does not contain more than 100 words.

HR 6004 24 (b) A roll call vote shall be taken for the adoption of any concurrent resolution to amend the Constitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend a session of the Legislature in even-numbered years, to ratify any amendment of the Constitution of the United States, to make any application for Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States and when required by the joint rules of the House and Senate.

(a) AcallA 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.

The question on excusing such member from voting shall be taken without debate and a 3 majority of members present shall be necessary to excuse such member.HOUSE RESOLUTION No.

If6004- apage member18 HRmember. 6004 25 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.

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.

AmotionA motion to strike the enacting clause or resolving clause shall be in order.

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 HR 6004 26 resolutions on Final Action.

When required by the joint rules of the House and Senate, a concurrent resolution shall require3arequire a / majority of the members then elected (or appointed) and qualified, votingHOUSE inRESOLUTION theNo. affirmative.

6004- page 19 voting in the affirmative.

(a) Concurrent resolutions to amend the Constitution of the state of Kansas, to call a Kansas constitutional convention, to extend a session of the Legislature in even-even-numbered numbered years and when required by the joint rules of the House and Senate shall have a resolving clause which reads, "Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected or appointed and qualified to the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members elected or appointed and qualified to the Senate concurring therein." (b) Concurrent resolutions for any purpose other than subsection (a) shall have a resolving clause which reads, "Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the Senate concurring therein." HR 6004 27 (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.

The Speaker shall consider all such applications and shall determine whether a House resolution or House concurrent resolution should be approved for introduction, or whether a certificate of the House should be approved for issuance or whether no action should be taken on the application.HOUSE RESOLUTION No.

6004- page 20 application.

In addition to other powers and duties of the Speaker provided by the Rules of the House and by law, the HR 6004 28 Speaker shall have the powers and duties as follows:

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 HR 6004 29 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 AssistantHOUSE MinorityRESOLUTION LeaderNo. shall serve as acting Minority Leader and shall exercise the powers and duties of the Minority Leader.

6004- page 21 Assistant Minority Leader shall serve as acting Minority Leader and shall exercise the powers and duties of the Minority Leader.

HR 6004 30 Rule 3506.

The Speaker may appoint and remove assistant sergeants at arms to serve under the supervision of the sergeant at arms.All doorkeepers shall be assistant sergeants at arms.

All doorkeepers shall be assistant sergeants at arms.

RuleHOUSE 3702.RESOLUTION No.

6004- page 22 Rule 3702.

on the Thursday preceding the Monday on which the legislative session is to HR 6004 31 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.

(1) InHOUSE theRESOLUTION case of bills substituted for House bills, "Substitute for House Bill No.

6004- page 23 (1) In the case of bills substituted for House bills, "Substitute for House Bill No.

(b) When a substitute concurrent resolution is recommended by a committee report, and when an amendment from the floor is adopted replacing the concurrent resolution under consideration with a substitute concurrent resolution, the substitute concurrent resolution shall be printed HR 6004 32 in the manner provided for concurrent resolutions introduced, and the concurrent resolution number designation shall be substantially as follows:

HR 6004 33 Rule 3909.

JOURNALAND CALENDAR RuleHOUSE 4101.RESOLUTION No.

6004- page 24 Rule 4101.

HR 6004 34 Rule 4302.

75-431775- et seq., and amendments thereto) shall apply to meetings of the House of Representatives and all of its standing committees, select committees, special committees and subcommittees of any of such committees, except as otherwise provided in this Rule or other House Rule.

75-4318(g)(4),75- 4318(g)(4), the House of Representatives is authorized to provide for exceptions to the open meetings law.

The Speaker, the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Majority Leader, theAssistantthe Assistant Majority Leader, the Majority Whip and the Majority Caucus Chair as members of majority leadership may communicate to allHOUSE membersRESOLUTION ofNo. the majority party regarding relevant information or talking points on policy or matters pending or anticipated to be pending on the House floor and such communications do not constitute a meeting under the open meetings law.

6004- page 25 all members of the majority party regarding relevant information or talking points on policy or matters pending or anticipated to be pending on the House floor and such communications do not constitute a meeting under the open meetings law.

The House may use customary notice procedures and practices for providing notice rather than personal service and such procedures and practices are deemed to HR 6004 35 constitute notice under the open meetings law.

When a resolution for disapproval of an executive reorganization order is introduced and accompanied by the committee's report recommending adoption of the resolution, action on the resolution shall be made the special order of business on a particular day and hour specified by the Speaker but not laterHOUSE thanRESOLUTION theNo. last day the executive reorganization order may be disapproved under section 6 of article 1 of the Constitution of Kansas.

A6004- resolutionpage for26 disapprovallater ofthan anthe last day the executive reorganization order shallmay be considereddisapproved under thesection order6 of businessarticle Final1 Actionof andthe shallConstitution beof subjectKansas. HR 6004 36 to debate and final action by the House.

A resolution for disapproval of an executive reorganization order shall be considered under the order of business Final Action and shall be subject to debate and final action by the House.

When any member of the House of Representatives desires to lodge a complaint against any other member of HR 6004 37 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.

(a) Whenever any complaint has been filed under Rule 4901, the Speaker shall appoint a select committee of six members for consideration thereof except that if the complaint is filed against the Speaker, the Speaker ProProTempore Tempore shall appoint the select committee of six members.

(b) The select committee may dismiss the complaint after the inquiryHOUSE orRESOLUTION mayNo. set the matter for hearing.

6004- page 27 inquiry or may set the matter for hearing.

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.of.2 Reprimand, censure or expulsion of a member shall require a / 3 majority vote of those members elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House of Representatives.

Reprimand, censure or expulsion of a member shall require3a / majority vote of those members elected (or appointed) and qualified of the House ofResolution Representatives.No.

6004 was sponsored by Representatives Daniel Hawkins and Chris Croft.

I hereby certify that the above ESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE, and was adopted by that body Speaker of the House.

Chief Clerk of the House.