House deadlocks on initial 'agree to disagree' motion then adopts conference report on public-nuisance and criminal-profiteering bills

A tie vote defeated an early motion to "agree to disagree" on a conference committee report related to app-store and nuisance legislation, but later the House approved a separate conference committee report combining measures on public nuisance and criminal profiteering.

Representative Osman (speaker 1), who opened floor debate, urged colleagues to reject the agree-to-disagree motion because committee amendments, he said, "didn't fix anything" and opponents remained opposed. Osman recommended sending the complex matter to an interim committee for more study rather than rushing to final action.

Representative Meyer (speaker 3) and Representative Shmoy (speaker 4) also urged rejection, raising concerns about technical issues tied to app-store and digital ID language. Meyer said the bill "has gotten way out of control" and that stakeholders were not present to reach a compromise; Shmoy warned the House that the discussion was "dangerous territory" without sufficient information.

The presiding officer closed debate and called the roll on the agree-to-disagree motion; after members recorded votes the presiding officer announced a tie and declared the motion failed.

Shortly after, Representative Humphreys (speaker 6) moved to adopt a conference committee report that combined SB462 (public nuisance) and SB463 (criminal profiteering). Humphreys described the pairing as addressing public-nuisance law and criminal profiteering and moved that a new conference committee be appointed. Representative Osman reiterated concerns about the public-nuisance provisions, saying the measure "is going to cost the state of Kansas millions upon millions of dollars" and that municipalities would be affected.

The House adopted the conference committee report, and the Speaker appointed Representatives Humphreys, Laura Williams, and Osmond as conferees for the House side.