House Journal: Page 126: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

28  conference committee.

29     C c.  If the house originating the bill amends the
30  amendment, that house shall concur in the amendment as
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 1  amended and the bill shall be immediately placed on
 2  final passage, and shall be returned to the other
 3  house.  The other house cannot further amend the bill.
 4     1. (1)  If the amending house which gave second
 5  consideration to the bill concurs in the amendment to
 6  the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
 7  placed upon its final passage.
 8     2. (2)  If the amending house refuses to concur in
 9  the amendment to the amendment, the bill shall be
10  returned to the house originating the bill which shall
11  either:
12     a. (a)  Recede, after which the bill shall be read
13  for the last time as amended and immediately placed
14  upon its final passage; or
15     b. (b)  Insist, which will send the bill to a
16  conference committee.
17     II 2.  A motion to recede has precedence over a
18  motion to insist.  Failure to recede means to insist;
19  and failure to insist means to recede.
20     III 3.  A motion to lay on the table or to
21  indefinitely postpone shall be out of order with
22  respect to motions to recede from or insist upon and
23  to amendments to bills which have passed both houses.
24     IV 4.  A motion to concur, refuse to concur,
25  recede, insist, or adopt a conference committee report
26  is in order even though the subject matter has
27  previously been acted upon.
28                               Rule 13
29                   Conference Committee
30     1.  Within one legislative day after either house
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 1  insists upon an amendment to a bill, the presiding
 2  officer of the house, after consultation with the
 3  majority leader, shall appoint three majority party
 4  members and, after consultation with the minority
 5  leader, shall appoint two minority party members to a
 6  conference committee.  The majority leader of the
 7  senate, after consultation with the president, shall
 8  appoint three majority party members and, after
 9  consultation with and approval by the minority leader,
10  shall appoint two minority party members to a
11  conference committee.  The papers shall remain with
12  the house that originated the bill.
13     2.  The conference committee shall meet before the
14  end of the next legislative day after their
15  appointment, shall select a chair and shall discuss

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