The House Rules & Procedure Committee voted to sponsor an amendment to repeal three time-limited rules that applied only to the 67th House of Representatives (calendar years 2023–2024). Committee members approved the cleanup amendment by voice vote.

Director Matt Obrecht told the committee the repeal targets rules that were explicitly date-limited. "The first is 4-7(b) ... for sessions of the 67th House of Representatives held in calendar year 2023 and 2024 only," Obrecht said, and described two other similarly time-limited provisions in 6-2(b) and House Rule 16-1 that applied to the 2022 budget session. The draft amendment would remove those expired provisions from the House rules.

Committee members debated the practical effect of removing the temporary supermajority requirements in 6-2(b). Leader Heiner asked whether repealing 6-2(b) would change the two-thirds threshold to override speaker authority; Obrecht responded that, aside from the 67th session time limit, the motions at issue historically required only a simple majority. Several members, including Representatives Harshman and Bair, argued that returning to a simple-majority standard reflected longstanding practice.

Representative Yin, who had provided historical context, noted the time-limited rules had been inserted as a compromise in the prior session to balance authorities of the speaker and majority floor leader. After discussion, the committee voted to sponsor the cleanup amendment; the body will consider adoption on the House floor on Monday (the transcript notes the fifth day of the session as the deadline to adopt final rules). The committee recorded the motion as carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally was entered in committee minutes.

The committee will list the cleanup amendment on Monday as a Rules Committee amendment to House Rules 4-7(b), 6-2(b) and 16-1 for the 68th Legislature.