CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

A special committee consisting of three members from each house appointed by the presiding officers to seek a compromise when the two houses have passed different versions of the same bill and insist on their respective positions. In the motion to create a conference committee, each house can vote to instruct or not instruct its members on that committee. If the members are able to reach agreement, a copy of the compromise version of the bill is distributed to members of each house. In each house, a vote is taken to agree or disagree with the conference committee report. If both houses agree, the bill is passed. If they cannot agree, another conference committee can be appointed; otherwise, the bill dies.

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