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House of Representatives places multiple bills on unfinished business calendar, adjourns until April 7
Summary
Representative Wishittle won unanimous consent to place a long list of bills and one joint resolution on the House unfinished business calendar; the House then adjourned until Monday, April 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. House File 983 and Senate File 394 were also introduced and referred to committees.
The House of Representatives on an otherwise routine floor day granted unanimous consent to place a long list of bills and one joint resolution on the unfinished business calendar and then adjourned until Monday, April 7, 2025, at 1 p.m.
Representative Wishittle asked for unanimous consent to move the items to unfinished business; no members objected. "I ask unanimous consent to place the following bills and 1 joint resolution on the unfinished business calendar," Wishittle said during floor proceedings.
The move preserves the listed measures for future consideration without a roll-call vote. The transcript records the clerk’s reading of two bills earlier in the session: House File 983, described as a judiciary committee bill "relating to property law by modifying provisions related to landlords and tenants law, forcible entry, detainer action, and including effective date provisions," which was referred to the committee on ways and means; and Senate File 394, described as a judiciary committee bill concerning pesticides and tort liability, which was referred to the committee on judiciary. The record does not provide fuller bill titles or sponsors for most of the items placed on the unfinished business calendar.
Representative Wishittle read a sequence of bill and file numbers into the record as part of the unanimous-consent request. The transcript lists these identifiers verbatim (spacing and punctuation as spoken): "House joint resolution 9 House file 1 6 3 1 6 5 1 6 7 3 8 4 3 8 7 3 9 1 5 1 2. 6 2 3 6 4 1 6 5 1 7 0 2 7 6 5 7 6 8 7 7 1 8 2 4 8 3 5 8 4 0 8 4 1 8 4 3 8 4 7. 8 4 9 8 5 0 8 5 2 8 7 6 8 8 1 9 4 7 and 952." The record does not supply full bill titles or sponsors for those enumerated files; those details are therefore not specified in the transcript.
After the unanimous-consent order, the chair recognized a representative from Harrison who moved to adjourn the House. The body voted by voice; the speaker declared, "As appear to have it, the ayes do have it. The house is adjourned." No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
What happened on the floor
- House File 983: Read on first reading; described as altering property and landlord-tenant provisions, and referred to the committee on ways and means (full title and sponsor not specified in the transcript).
- Senate File 394: Read on first reading; described as relating to pesticides and tort liability, and referred to the committee on judiciary (full title and sponsor not specified in the transcript).
- Unanimous-consent placement: Representative Wishittle requested unanimous consent to place a large set of House files and one joint resolution on the unfinished business calendar; no objections were recorded and the chair ordered it.
- Adjournment: A representative from Harrison moved to adjourn; the House adjourned until Monday, April 7, 2025, at 1 p.m., following a voice vote.
The transcript does not record debate on the listed measures, nor does it include roll-call vote counts or sponsors for most items placed on the unfinished business calendar. The clerk’s reading and the unanimous-consent request are the substantive floor actions captured in the record.
The House is scheduled to reconvene at the time announced when it adjourned.
