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Senate conducts first reading of dozens of bills, reassigns one measure and adjourns
Summary
The Senate held a brief session that recorded the first reading and committee referral of numerous bills spanning education, taxation, public safety and natural resources, reassigned SB 1215 to a different committee, noted several committee meetings next week and adjourned until Feb. 3, 2025.
The Senate recorded the first reading and committee referral of a wide slate of bills covering topics including education, taxation, public safety, natural resources and regulatory matters, and reassigned one bill to a different committee before adjourning.
The president pro tempore read the bill titles and committee references on the floor; the clerk recorded the first reading and assigned each bill to the committees noted on the calendar. The bill list included measures on noncertificated school personnel discipline (SP 12-92), property tax exemptions for religious activities (SP 12-98), Asian American history instruction requirements (SP 13-01), unclaimed property administration (SP 13-00), an irrigation water assured supply provision (SP 13-04), coordinated reentry grants appropriations (SB 13-12), municipal recycling prohibitions (SB 13-13), charter school financial records and access/decision-making authority (SB 13-29; SB 13-58), changes to probation and supervision transfer (SB 13-43), and numerous other measures listed on the floor record. Several concurrent and simple resolutions were also placed on the calendar, including measures on surplus income tax rate reduction and a remembrance month.
A committee reassignment was recorded on the floor: “Senate Bill 12-15 is withdrawn from the Committee on Judiciary and Elections and is further assigned to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency,” the president pro tempore said. The reassignment was noted for the journal and committee records.
Committee leaders announced meeting times for next week. Senator Mesnard announced the Finance Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Monday in Senate Hearing Room 1. Senator Gallant (floor speaker identified as “Mr. Gallant” in the transcript) announced Military Affairs and Border Security will meet at 2 p.m. Monday in Senate Hearing Room 2. Senator Finchem announced the Federalism committee would not meet. The rules committee was listed to meet at 1 p.m. Monday in Congress Room 1.
Before adjourning, the secretary recorded the presence of members at the start of the session: 27 present, 0 absent and 3 excused. The Senate then approved a motion to adjourn until Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at 1:15 p.m.; the motion passed by voice vote and the president pro tempore declared the Senate adjourned.
No floor debate on the listed bills is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; the session on the record focused on formal first readings, committee referrals and routine announcements. The transcript shows introductions of guests and ceremonial items earlier in the proceeding, and committee assignments and calendar actions were the substantive business recorded on the floor in this excerpt.
