HCR 5003 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Providing for the Joint Rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 2025-2026 biennium.

This bill establishes the official operating procedures for the Kansas Legislature for the 2025-2026 session, setting the rules that both the Senate and House of Representatives must follow. It outlines how joint sessions will be conducted, including who presides and how votes are recorded, as well as the specific steps for handling amendments and conference committees when bills are sent between the two chambers. The resolution also details the voting thresholds required to adopt, amend, or suspend these rules, with special provisions allowing for rule changes at the start of a legislative session under certain conditions.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Jan 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} → Enrolled · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted and reorganized to remove internal committee markers and standardize the layout, but the actual legal rules regarding how joint rules are adopted, amended, and applied remain exactly the same.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal tracking text such as 'As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole' and page number headers, while preserving all substantive legislative language.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Concurred with amendments; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Emergency Final Action - Adopted as amended; Yea 36, Nay 2, Absent 2

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee of the Whole - Be adopted as amended

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee of the Whole

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Received and Introduced

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Emergency Final Action - Adopted; Yea 104, Nay 19, Absent 2

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee of the Whole - Be adopted

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Dan Osman

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Report recommending resolution be adopted by House Committee on Rules and Journal

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to House Committee on Rules and Journal

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors