The House and Senate passed a bill to require a special election to fill a Kansas seat in the U.S. Senate if there is a vacancy between regular elections.  It passed 64-59 in the House and 23-8 in the Senate.

Both bills include language to establish a date for a presidential primary election on the first Saturday in February. However, whether those elections will be held will depend on whether future Legislatures budget the money.

Senate Journal 05/06/08

Senator Huelskamp moved the Senate adopt the Conference Committee Report on HB 2683.

On roll call, the vote was: Yeas 23, Nays 8, Present and Passing 2, Absent or Not Voting 7.

Yeas: Allen, Barnett, Barone, Brownlee, Donovan, Gilstrap, Huelskamp, Jordan, Journey, Lynn, McGinn, Morris, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pine, Pyle, Schmidt D, Schmidt V, Teichman, Umbarger, Vratil, Wagle, Wilson.

Nays: Betts, Brungardt, Francisco, Goodwin, Haley, Hensley, Kelly, Lee.

Present and Passing: Reitz, Wysong.

Absent or Not Voting: Apple, Bruce, Emler, Palmer, Schodorf, Steineger, Taddiken.

The Conference Committee report was adopted.

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ROLL CALL VOTE REOPENED
Citing Senate Rule 40, Senator Schodorf requested upon unanimous consent to reopen roll call on HB 2683 to allow her to show her vote recorded as an ‘‘aye’’. The request was granted.

On roll call, the vote was: Yeas 24, Nays 8, Present and Passing 2, Absent or Not Voting 6.

Yeas: Allen, Barnett, Barone, Brownlee, Donovan, Gilstrap, Huelskamp, Jordan, Journey, Lynn, McGinn, Morris, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pine, Pyle, Schmidt D, Schmidt V, Schodorf, Teichman, Umbarger, Vratil, Wagle, Wilson.

Nays: Betts, Brungardt, Francisco, Goodwin, Haley, Hensley, Kelly, Lee.

Present and Passing: Reitz, Wysong.

Absent or Not Voting: Apple, Bruce, Emler, Palmer, Steineger, Taddiken.

The Conference Committee report was adopted.

House Journal 05/06/08

On motion of Rep. Burgess, the conference committee report on HB 2683 was adopted.

Call of the House was demanded.

On roll call, the vote was: Yeas 64; Nays 59; Present but not voting: 0; Absent or not voting: 2.

Yeas: Aurand, Beamer, Bethell, Bowers, Brown, Brunk, Burgess, Carlson, Colyer, Crum, Dahl, Donohoe, Faber, Fund, George, Goico, Gordon, Grange, Hayzlett, Hodge, C. Holmes, M. Holmes, Horst, Huebert, Humerickhouse, Kelsey, Kiegerl, King, Kinzer, Knox, Landwehr, Light, Mast, Masterson, McLeland, Merrick, Metsker, Jim Morrison, Judy Morrison, Moxley, Myers, Neufeld, O’Neal, Otto, Patton, Pottorff, Powell, Powers, Proehl, Rhoades, Schroeder, Schwartz, Shultz, Siegfreid, Sloan, Spalding, Swanson, Tafanelli, Vickrey, Watkins, Whitham, Wilk, B. Wolf, Worley.

Nays: Ballard, Burroughs, Carlin, Colloton, Craft, Crow, Davis, Dillmore, Faust-Goudeau, Feuerborn, Flaharty, Flora, Frownfelter, Garcia, Gatewood, Goyle, Grant, Hawk, Henderson, Henry, Hill, Holland, Huntington, Johnson, Kuether, Lane, Loganbill, Long, Lukert, Mah, McCray-Miller, McKinney, McLachlan, Menghini, Neighbor, Owens, Palmer, Pauls, Peck, Peterson, Phelps, Quigley, Rardin, Roth, Ruff, Ruiz, Sawyer, Storm, Svaty, Swenson, Tietze, Treaster, Trimmer, Ward, Wetta, Williams, Winn, K. Wolf, Yoder.

Present but not voting: None.

Absent or not voting: Kelley, Olson.