TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has passed a stripped-down tax bill without debate to speed up work by lawmakers on a final plan for raising new revenues to close a budget shortfall.

The bill approved on a 64-54 vote Friday would create a six-week amnesty program to encourage individuals and businesses to pay back taxes and settle tax disputes with the state.

The $30 million expected from the program is far short of the projected $406 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

But the bill’s contents weren’t the point for Republican controlling the chamber.

The vote would allow negotiations between the House and Senate on the final version of a tax plan. Lawmakers still will consider raising sales, tobacco and business taxes to fill the budget hole.