HARRISBURG — A select panel of Pennsylvania senators split along partisan lines Wednesday but endorsed an eventual floor vote on whether to remove state Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office because she lacks a valid law license.

The Special Committee on Senate Address voted 4-3 to hold a floor vote, but that’s not likely to occur unless the state Supreme Court rules against a pending request by Kane, a Democrat, to have her license reinstated.

“We believe that this matter should be decided, either up or down, by the full Senate, after they have had an opportunity to review the documents,” said the chairman, Sen. John Gordner, R-Columbia.

Kane spokesman Chuck Ardo said the committee’s recommendation to wait for action on her law license was the right decision, but Kane maintains the process being considered is unconstitutional.

Sen. Art Haywood, D-Montgomery, a member of the committee, said it was “simply wrong” to bring up a floor vote, and urged senators not to act against the embattled attorney general.

“The special committee did not recommend removal because there’s no evidence to do so,” Haywood said in a release.

Gordner said he believes Kane should be removed from office.

Removal requires a supermajority, so supporters would have to attract Democratic votes.