<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>6.248 Authorization of joint primary and cosponsorship of similar bills in opposite <br>chambers -- Petition -- Approval -- Withdrawal -- Forms. <br>(1) If a bill is introduced in the Senate or the House of Representatives, and a <br>substantially similar bill is introduced in the opposite chamber, the primary <br>sponsors of each of the bills may jointly petition the Committee on Committees in <br>each chamber to authorize joint primary and cosponsorship by members of both <br>chambers of one or both bills. <br>(2) The petition shall be approved if jointly agreed to by both the Committee on <br>Committees in the Senate and the Committee on Committees in the House of <br>Representatives. The approval shall become effective upon receipt by the Senate <br>and House clerks of a properly completed form as provided in subsection (6) of this <br>section and subsequent report to both chambers of the authorized joint primary and <br>cosponsorship of a bill or bills. <br>(3) Upon the petition approval becoming effective, the primary sponsors and existing <br>cosponsors from both chambers shall be listed in the Legislative Record as joint <br>primary and cosponsors of one or both bills as follows: <br>(a) The primary Senate sponsor shall be listed as first sponsor of a Senate bill and <br>the primary House sponsor shall be listed as first sponsor of a House bill. The <br>primary sponsor from the opposite chamber shall be listed immediately after <br>the first sponsor. <br>(b) Cosponsors from both chambers shall be listed after the primary sponsors, <br>with Senate cosponsors listed first on Senate bills and House cosponsors listed <br>first on House bills. Cosponsors from the opposite chamber shall be listed <br>immediately after cosponsors from the chamber of origin. <br>(4) Any member wishing to cosponsor a bill of the opposite chamber for which a <br>petition approval has become effective pursuant to this section may be allowed to <br>cosponsor upon motion made and adopted in the chamber of that member. <br>(5) Any sponsor or cosponsor of a bill, pursuant to this section, may withdraw <br>sponsorship or cosponsorship upon motion made and adopted in the chamber of <br>which the sponsor or cosponsor is a member. <br>(6) The staff of the Legislative Research Commission shall develop a form by which <br>primary sponsors pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may jointly petition the <br>Senate and House Committees on Committees and by which the Senate and House <br>Committees on Committees may, by signatures of their chairs, indicate written <br>approval. <br>Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. <br><br>