House Journal: Page 142: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
30 the amending house which shall either:
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1 (1) Recede, after which the bill shall be read for
2 the last time and immediately placed upon its final
3 passage; or
4 (2) Insist, which will send the bill to a
5 conference committee.
6 c. If the house originating the bill amends the
7 amendment, that house shall concur in the amendment as
8 amended and the bill shall be immediately placed on
9 final passage, and shall be returned to the other
10 house. The other house cannot further amend the bill.
11 (1) If the amending house which gave second
12 consideration to the bill concurs in the amendment to
13 the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
14 placed upon its final passage.
15 (2) If the amending house refuses to concur in the
16 amendment to the amendment, the bill shall be returned
17 to the house originating the bill which shall either:
18 (a) Recede, after which the bill shall be read for
19 the last time as amended and immediately placed upon
20 its final passage; or
21 (b) Insist, which will send the bill to a
22 conference committee.
23 2. A motion to recede has precedence over a motion
24 to insist. Failure to recede means to insist; and
25 failure to insist means to recede.
26 3. A motion to lay on the table or to indefinitely
27 postpone shall be out of order with respect to motions
28 to recede from or insist upon and to amendments to
29 bills which have passed both houses.
30 4. A motion to concur, refuse to concur, recede,
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1 insist, or adopt a conference committee report is in
2 order even though the subject matter has previously
3 been acted upon.
4 Rule 13
5 Conference Committee
6 1. Within one legislative day after either house
7 insists upon an amendment to a bill, the presiding
8 officer of the house, after consultation with the
9 majority leader, shall appoint three majority party
10 members and, after consultation with the minority
11 leader, shall appoint two minority party members to a
12 conference committee. The majority leader of the
13 senate, after consultation with the president, shall
14 appoint three majority party members and, after
15 consultation with and approval by the minority leader,
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