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House Journal: Page 126: Thursday, January 23, 1997

26  to amendments to bills which have passed both houses.
27     IV.  A motion to concur, refuse to concur, recede,
28  insist, or adopt a conference committee report is in
29  order even though the subject matter has previously
30  been acted upon.

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 1                          Rule 13
 2                   Conference Committee
 3     1.  Within one legislative day after either house
 4  insists upon an amendment to a bill, the presiding
 5  officer of the house, after consultation with the
 6  majority leader, shall appoint three majority party
 7  members and, after consultation with the minority
 8  leader, shall appoint two minority party members to a
 9  conference committee.  The majority leader of the
10  senate, after consultation with the president, shall
11  appoint three majority party members and, after
12  consultation with and approval by the minority leader,
13  shall appoint two minority party members to a
14  conference committee.  The papers shall remain with
15  the house that originated the bill.
16     2.  The conference committee shall meet before the
17  end of the next legislative day after their
18  appointment, shall select a chair and shall discuss
19  the controversy.
20     3.  The authority of the first conference committee
21  shall cover free conference during which the committee
22  has authority to propose amendments to any portion of
23  a bill provided the amendment is within the scope of
24  the title of the bill as passed by the house of origin
25  or amended by the second house only issues related to
26  provisions of the bill and amendments to the bill
27  which were adopted by either the senate or the house
28  of representatives and on which the senate and house
29  of representatives differed.  If a conference
30  committee report is not acted upon because such action

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 1  would violate this subsection of this rule, the
 2  inaction on the report shall constitute refusal to
 3  adopt the conference committee report and shall have
 4  the same effect as if the conference committee had
 5  disagreed.
 6     4.  An agreement on recommendations must be
 7  approved by at least three members from each house.
 8  The committee shall submit two originals of the report
 9  signed by at least three members of each house with
10  one signed original and three copies to be submitted
11  to each house.  The report shall first be acted upon
12  in the house originating the bill.  Such action,

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