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Committee approves sending constitutional amendment on legislative oversight of regulations to ballot
Summary
The Committee on Judiciary approved House Concurrent Resolution 5,008 as amended to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow the legislature to revise or revoke administrative rules by concurrent resolution; committee vote was 9–7.
The Committee on Judiciary voted 9–7 to send House Concurrent Resolution 5,008, as amended, out favorably for passage to the full House. HCR 5,008 would place a proposed amendment to Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution on the ballot that, if later adopted by voters, would permit the legislature to revise or revoke administrative rules and regulations by concurrent resolution.
Jason Thompson of the Reviser's Office told the committee, "This is the concurrent resolution that would put a proposition to amend article 2 of the constitution on the ballot." Thompson said the measure would go on the August 2026 ballot if the legislature meets the two-thirds threshold required to submit a constitutional amendment.
The amended language adopted…
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