TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators don’t agree about how much to restrict the bundling of multiple measures into a single bill.
The Senate voted 35-4 on Wednesday to approve proposed rules governing interactions with the House after stripping out a provision against bundling. Critics say bundling leads to sloppy legislation.
House members added the anti-bundling provision last week before approving the joint rules. The two chambers must draft a final, compromise version.
The House wants to prevent negotiators from the two chambers from bundling more than two measures together in the final version of a bill.
Bundling occurs because the same teams of lawmakers negotiate over multiple measures on broad topics such as insurance and agriculture.
Senate leaders said they’re fine with a limit, but think the House’s proposal is too strict.