Topeka ? A misconduct complaint against House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, will get a full hearing, a select committee decided Wednesday.

At the start of the committee meeting, Chairman Clark Shultz, R-Lindsborg, asked if there was a motion to dismiss the case. No motion was made from members of the committee, which was formed on Monday and includes three Republicans and three Democrats.

After that, Shultz set a schedule for several days of hearings and one committee member requested records in the case.

“I do not intend to rush through this,” Shultz said.

House Democratic leaders have filed a complaint against O’Neal, alleging the speaker has created a conflict of interest by representing, as an attorney, a group of businesses and associations suing the state over a sweep of budget funds approved last year by the Legislature.

O’Neal has denied any wrongdoing, saying state law allows him to represent clients in actions against the state. He says the complaint is politically motivated.

The select committee said it will hear tomorrow testimony from House Democratic Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence, who led the charge to file the complaint against O’Neal. The committee said it will hear from O’Neal next week.

Shultz said he hoped the committee could put together a report within two weeks for the full House to consider. The committee could recommend dismissal of the case, or a range of disciplinary action from reprimand of O’Neal to expulsion from the House.

“If we could come up with a report that four of us can agree, that’s better,” said Shultz. “I would encourage all of us to keep very open minds, and come up with a report that we can all have some type of ownership,” he said. Shultz said he expected there also would probably be a minority report issued by the committee.

In addition to scheduling testimony, the committee will seek records. State Rep. Carl Holmes, R-Liberal, said he would like the committee, or its staff, to get access to the contract between O’Neal and the clients in the case.

It has been nearly 60 years since the House has conducted such a complaint-driven probe of one of its own members.

Much of the committee discussion Wednesday was on how it would proceed. Only one of the six committee members is an attorney, state Rep. Jeff King, R-Independence.