TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have scheduled a short week of work to give themselves a long break after this year’s session hit its official halfway point.
The Legislature did not convene Friday and wasn’t scheduled to meet Monday or Tuesday.
The time off comes after last week’s “turnaround” deadline, when most bills must pass the chamber in which they were introduced to be considered further.
Lawmakers don’t meet most weekends during their annual session. But they still receive their daily salary and expense payments and those days count against the 90 their leaders have scheduled.
But with the long turnaround break, lawmakers declared themselves formally adjourned and cut off their compensation, so the days don’t count.
They’ve spent 46 days in session so far.
