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Minnesota House establishes quorum, gives first reading to House files 1–10 and adjourns to Jan. 20
Summary
The Minnesota House of Representatives established a quorum after a roll-call motion, the clerk recorded the journal, the first reading of House files 1–10 was announced, and the chamber adjourned until noon Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
The Minnesota House of Representatives met in Saint Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, established a quorum after a roll-call motion, received the clerk’s reading of the previous day’s journal and the chief clerk’s corrections, recorded the first reading of House files 1–10, and adjourned until noon Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
The session opened with the chaplain’s invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. The clerk then took the roll, and at one point recorded “There being 65 members present, a quorum is not present.” After members requested a call of the House, Majority Leader Niska moved that “further proceedings under the roll call be dispensed with, and that the sergeant at arms be instructed to bring in the absent members.” That motion carried and the clerk later reported, “There being 67 members present, a quorum is present.”
The clerk read the journal of the preceding day — Journal of the House, 94th session 2025, second legislative day — and the chamber approved the journal “as corrected by the chief clerk.” The chief clerk’s corrections were not specified in the public transcript.
The chief clerk then announced the introduction and first reading of House files numbered 1 through 10. The transcript notes only that the chief clerk “will report the House files and give them their first reading,” and provides no further detail about the contents or sponsors of those House files.
Majority Leader Niska also moved that when the House adjourns it should adjourn until noon Monday, Jan. 20, 2025; that motion prevailed. The House subsequently approved a motion to “do now adjourn,” and the presiding officer declared the House adjourned until the scheduled date and time.
There was no recorded debate on the introduced House files or on the adjournment motions in the public portion of the transcript. The sergeant at arms was instructed to bring in absent members as part of the roll-call dispensation; no further enforcement actions or timings were recorded in the transcript. The transcript does not identify sponsors, seconders, vote tallies by name for the recorded motions, or the text of House files 1–10 beyond their file numbers.
The House will reconvene at noon Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, according to the motion approved on the House floor.
