House of Representatives adopts two resolutions by unanimous consent, refers bills and adjourns until Feb. 20

The House of Representatives adopted two House resolutions by unanimous consent, received messages from the Senate about passed substitute bills, ordered bills on the introduction sheet to first reading and committee referral, and adjourned until 9:55 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20.

The actions came at the opening of the session when the clerk announced that, "With the consent of the house, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved. Hearing no objection, so ordered," and that House Resolution 46-28, congratulating Faith Tarrant, and House Resolution 46-29, recognizing the 2025 Apple Blossom Festival Royal Court, "are adopted. Hearing no objection, so ordered." The remarks were made by the clerk during the reading of routine orders of business.

Why it matters: the measures adopted were ceremonial resolutions that require only the body's assent. The session also handled routine legislative procedure items — receiving messages from the Senate, moving introduced bills to first reading, and referring them to the committees designated on the introduction sheet — and set the next convening time.

During the third order of business the clerk read messages from the Senate informing the House that the Senate "has passed in gross substitute Senate Bill No. 50-14" and "substitute Senate Bill No. 52," each message concluding with the name of Colleen Bahar, deputy secretary, as the sender. The House recorded the messages as received.

Under the fourth order of business, by unanimous consent the House ordered that bills, memorials, and resolutions printed on that day's introduction sheet be considered first reading and referred to the committees listed on the sheet. The clerk repeated this consent procedure for the items listed under the fifth order of business, referring bills shown on the committee reports to the designated committees.

Finally, the clerk announced, "With the consent of the house, the house will now adjourn until 09:55AM, Friday, February 20," and, after hearing no objection, declared the House adjourned until that time.

The meeting transcript records no debate on the adopted resolutions or the procedural referrals; each action was taken by unanimous consent (the record states "hearing no objection, so ordered"). The introduction sheet and committee designations referenced during the session were not detailed in the transcript and are listed as "not specified" in records below.