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Senate sets bill-introduction deadlines, committee schedule and adjourns to Jan. 22
Summary
The presiding officer read a Legislative Council memo setting deadlines to open Senate folders (Jan. 21 at 5 p.m.) and the bill-intro deadline (Feb. 3). The majority leader announced committee hearing times; the Senate adjourned to reconvene Jan. 22 at 1:15 p.m.
The Senate took up procedural business including an announced Legislative Council timeline and committee scheduling before adjourning to a specified reconvene time.
The presiding officer read a memo advising senators that "the deadline to open senate folders is Tuesday, January 21st at 5 PM," and that to open a folder after that deadline a member must receive permission from the president; the memo also said the Senate bill intro set preparation deadline and the deadline to introduce bills is Monday, February 3rd, to allow Legislative Council time to prepare printed intro sets. The presiding officer cautioned members against dropping large numbers of bills on the deadline day.
Madam Majority Leader (identified in the transcript as Susan) announced committee meeting schedules: joint appropriations at 10 a.m., appropriations at 1:00 p.m., and Natural Resources at 1:30 p.m. on the upcoming schedule, and noted Health and Human Services and Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meeting times for the following day as read into the record.
Before recessing, the majority leader moved that the Senate stand adjourned until Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 13:15. The presiding officer called for the voice vote; the ayes prevailed and the Senate was ordered adjourned until the date and time stated.
These calendar and deadline announcements set the scheduling constraints for bill preparation and introduction in the coming two weeks and provide the committee hearing windows that will determine the near-term movement of the measures placed on first reading.
