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House adjourns to Jan. 27; adopts committee reports and forwards dozens of bills to committees
Summary
The House adopted a set of committee reports by consent, recommitted six bills to Ways and Means and read multiple bill lists for first reading and referral to committees. Representative Layman moved to adjourn the session until Jan. 27, 2025; the motion was adopted.
On Jan. 20, 2025, the House completed a short floor session that ended with adoption of multiple committee reports, the recommitment of six bills to the Ways and Means Committee and the first reading and referral of numerous bills to standing committees. Representative Layman moved to adjourn the House until Jan. 27, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.; the motion was seconded and adopted.
The chair sought unanimous consent to take a long list of committee reports in mass and put them on the record for adoption. The House adopted those committee reports by voice vote. The reports included recommendations on dozens of pieces of legislation, among them House Bill 1012, House Bill 1031, House Bill 1038, House Bill 1050, House Bill 1051, House Bill 1053, House Bill 1056, House Bill 1073, House Bill 1081, House Bill 1088, House Bill 1111, House Bill 1113, House Bill 1118, House Bill 1121, House Bill 1143, House Bill 1144, House Bill 1148, House Bill 1167, House Bill 1197, House Bill 1200, House Bill 1234, House Bill 1275, House Bill 1299, House Bill 1320, House Bill 1347, and multiple concurrent and joint resolutions that were listed on the committee report slate.
Pursuant to House Rule 12653 (as cited on the floor), the chair announced that the following bills were recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means: House Bill 1031, House Bill 1038, House Bill 1113, House Bill 1144, House Bill 1234 and House Bill 1299. The chair also presented several bill lists for first reading; those bills were read for the first time and sent to the committees shown on the floor.
Bill list 9 included, among others, House Bill 1003 (insurance/health matters). Bill list 10 included House Bill 1520 (employment, labor and pensions/professions and occupations). Bill list 11 included House Bill 101 (state and local administration) and other measures. The chair said that, with these actions, all bills filed to date had been sent to committee.
The clerk recorded 87 members present for roll call; the chair noted a list of members excused from the day's session. The clerk and the chair also announced an extensive committee hearing schedule for the coming week (Jan. 22–29), naming rooms, times, and the sponsor listed for each scheduled bill hearing. Examples: on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Families, Children and Human Affairs Committee in Room 156B was scheduled to hear House Bill 1098 (youth family caregiver engagement initiative, Representative Devon), House Bill 1099 (safe haven infants and foster youth, Representative Devon) and House Bill 1253 (childcare, Representative Heiney). Other committee schedules and bill sponsors were listed on the floor calendar.
No floor debate on the bills was recorded in the transcript excerpt; the day’s formal floor actions were procedural: consent adoption of committee reports, recommittal of specified bills to Ways and Means, first readings and committee referrals, scheduling notices, and adjournment. The chair closed the session after the motion to adjourn passed.
