(15) To, within four session days, refer all bills to committees subject to an appeal to the House. In referring bills to one or more standing committees, the first referral shall be to the standing committee whose area of responsibility as described in Part III of these rules is most closely related to the subject matter contained in the bill being referred. In the case of multiple committee referrals, the Speaker shall name the standing committee referred to in the sentence immediately preceding as the committee for having primary responsibility for making recommendations for action on the bills so referred. However, where more than one standing committee could qualify as the committee having primary responsibility, preference shall be given to the committee having jurisdiction on a statewide, rather than a local, basis.

The chair of a standing committee affected by a referral of a bill, or the Majority or Minority Leader, may appeal the referral to the Speaker within twenty-four hours from the time the referral sheet containing the subject referral is made available to the members of the House. The Speaker shall review the appeal and shall meet with the [chair and the chair(s) of the standing committee(s)] parties affected by the by the referral to settle their differences. If the Speaker is unable to settle the differences between and among the chairs of the standing committees involved within forty-eight hours after the filing of the appeal, the Speaker shall immediately forward the appeal to the Review Panel which shall make its recommendation to the Speaker within twenty-four hours after receipt of the appeal. If the Speaker shall concur with the recommendation of the Review Panel, the referral of the bill shall stand or the bill shall be re-referred, as the case may be, according to or consistent with the recommendation. If the Speaker disagrees with the recommendation of the Review Panel, the Speaker shall submit reasons in writing in support of the Speaker's decision to the Review Panel and the chairs of the standing committees involved within twenty-four hours of the receipt of the recommendation from the Review Panel. The Speaker's decision shall be the final disposition of the matter.

The Review Panel shall be comprised of the Majority Leader who shall serve as chair, the Vice Speaker, Majority Floor Leader, the Minority Leader and Floor Leader, and the Majority and Minority Whips.

17.3 Interim committees may submit interim committee reports from time to time on matters referred to them. The reports shall state findings of facts and conclusions based thereon, together with such recommendations as to the disposal of the matter."