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Arizona House grants Senate adjournment requests, schedules committee meetings and adjourns until Jan. 15
Summary
The Arizona House of Representatives approved motions granting the Senate consent to adjourn on two separate requests, recorded attendance, announced committee schedules, removed Representative Lopez from the Government Committee and adjourned until Jan. 15, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.
PHOENIX — The Arizona House of Representatives on Tuesday approved motions giving the state Senate consent to adjourn and completed routine floor business before adjourning until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
The chamber voted, by voice, to grant the Senate’s first request to adjourn "after it has completed its labors Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, until Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025," and later granted a second similar request that moved the Senate’s return date to Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. The motions were made on the floor under the authority of Article IV, Part 2, Section 9 of the Arizona Constitution and recorded by the clerk.
Why it matters: the consents adjust the legislative schedule for both chambers and set deadlines for committee work and bill processing in the coming week.
On routine business the House dispensed with the reading of the journal for Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, and approved it as written. The clerk reported attendance of 58 members present, one absent and one excused during the floor session.
Members heard several announcements and scheduling items. The Commerce Committee is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. in House Hearing Room 5; the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee will meet at 2 p.m. in Hearing Room 3; and the Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Hearing Room 4. The House also listed multiple bills for second reading and referral to committee and printing, including HB2005, HB2006, HB2007, HB2011, HB2045, HB2046, HB2050, HB2054, HB2056, HB2063 and many others; the clerk recorded that all measures that had been first read were referred for printing.
Leadership announced a personnel change: the House announced that Representative Lopez has been removed from the Government Committee; the removal was stated on the floor and entered into the record by the majority leader as an administrative change.
The floor also included ceremonial and community items. Representative Justin Wilmeth led the day’s prayer; the House observed a moment of silence after Representative Blackman asked members to remember two Snowflake High School students who recently died. Representative Stahl Hamilton introduced visitors from the city of Tucson’s economic initiatives team — Kevin J. Burke, deputy director, and Mike Czowski, senior project manager — who were on the floor for Arizona Association for Economic Development Advocacy Day. Members also introduced Doctor Jason Jamieson as the day’s “doctor of the day.” Representative announcements included an invitation to the Arizona AgFest on Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Wesley Boland Plaza.
The presiding officer closed the session after the final adjournment motion. “It appears the ayes have it,” the presiding officer said after a voice vote approving the adjournment motion; the clerk was instructed to record the action and notify the Senate.
Votes at a glance: the floor recorded voice votes for the Senate-consent motions and the final adjournment motion; no roll-call tallies were recorded on the floor for those motions.
The House will reconvene Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at 1:15 p.m.
