Amend HR 4 (adopting the rules of the house) as follows:

(1)  On page 177, line 13, strike "one" and substitute "12 [one]".

(2)  On page 177, line 19, after the period, strike the last sentence.

(3)  On page 177, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:

"(c)  No action or recommendation of the house conferees that exceeds the limitations imposed on the conference committee under Section 9 of this rule is valid unless it is taken at a meeting of the house conferees with a quorum of the house conferees actually present, and the conferees' minutes shall reflect the names of those house conferees who were actually present.

(d)  The house may not consider any conference committee report adopted in violation of this section."

(4)  On page 177, line 22, between "(a)" and "House", insert "Except as provided by Subsection (a-1),"

On page 178, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following:

"(a-1)  No action or recommendation of the house conferees that exceeds the limitations imposed on the conference committee under Section 9 of this rule is valid unless the house conferees meet in a public meeting that is noticed and held in the same manner as a public meeting of a standing committee under Rule 4, Sections 9-12. Minutes of each meeting held under this section must be kept and filed as provided by Rule 4, Section 18, and must include, for action on a specific matter that would be prohibited by the limitations imposed by Section 9 of this rule, the identity of the member moving that the committee take the action and a record of each house conferee's vote on the action. The house may not consider any conference committee report adopted in violation of this subsection."

(5)  On page 182, line 24, between "house" and the period, insert "before the conference committee votes to adopt its final report on a bill or joint resolution. The house may not consider a conference committee report that exceeds the limitations imposed by this section that was adopted by the conference committee before permission to exceed those limitations is granted."

(6)  On page 185, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

"(e)  Before the house may consider a conference committee report on a bill or joint resolution for which the house suspended the limitations of Section 9 of this rule, the minutes required under Section 7(a-1) of this rule must be filed and available to each member through the electronic legislative information system."