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Hearing delayed awaiting quorum; overflow room ENR 216 opened for attendees
Summary
Legislative hearing paused while organizers wait for a seven-member quorum and a senator; staff told attendees they may use ENR 216 to listen and return when their bill is called.
A staff member told attendees the legislative hearing would wait for a quorum and for a senator to arrive.
"Good afternoon, everybody. We're just waiting on quorum, which requires 7 total and the senator to be here," the staff member said, adding that the senator was expected within about 10 minutes. The staff member said standing in the main hearing room would violate fire code and pointed people to an overflow room: "So, for fire code reasons, we have set up e n r, which is 216, which is just right here."
The staff member said those in the overflow room would be able to hear proceedings and return when the bill they were there to testify on was called: "And so you'll be able to hear everything we do from over there. And when the bill that you're here to testify on, comes up, it'll give you a chance to run over and speak on it. So we hope to be getting business started in 10 minutes or so."
No formal actions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The announcement established logistical arrangements for public attendees while organizers awaited the required quorum and the arrival of a senator.
