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Senate president pro tem names two assistant majority floor leaders for Sixtieth Legislature
Summary
President Pro Tem Paxton announced that Senators Brent Howard and Jerry Alvarid have been designated assistant majority floor leaders; the session also approved a motion to adjourn until April 7.
President Pro Tem Paxton announced on the Senate floor that Senators Brent Howard and Jerry Alvarid have been designated to serve as assistant majority floor leaders for the Sixtieth Legislature.
The announcement came during routine floor business when Paxton said, "pursuant to rule 2 dash 1, I am pleased to announce that senator Brent Howard and senator Jerry Alvarid have been designated to serve in leadership as assistant majority floor leaders for the sixtieth legislature." The clerk was directed to note the designation.
The designation clarifies party leadership roles that help manage the chamber’s floor calendar and legislative process for the remainder of the Sixtieth Legislature. Paxton cited Rule 2-1 of the Senate rules when making the announcement; no roll-call vote on the designations was recorded in the transcript.
Later in the session, a senator identified in the record only as the floor leader moved that "when the clerk's desk is cleared, the senate stand adjourn until Monday, April 7 at 01:30PM." Members responded by voice vote and the motion was adopted; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The session also included several ceremonial recognitions and routine committee announcements, but the floor leadership designations and the adjournment motion were the only formal leadership and procedural items recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
