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Senate reads multiple file lists, reassigns SB 235 to judiciary, adopts committee report and author motions
Summary
During a floor session, the Senate clerk read three long file lists of bills; the body reassigned SB 235 to the Judiciary Committee, adopted a committee report by voice vote and approved unspecified author motions by unanimous consent before adjourning until Jan. 14, 2025.
The Senate took up a long series of bill file lists, reassigned one bill to a different committee and approved a committee report and author motions by voice vote during its floor session, then adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
The clerk read items on file list number 7 and then file lists 8 and 9, reciting dozens of bill identifiers (SP and SB prefixes) into the record. The clerk also reported a committee reassignment under Senate rules: “Pursuant to Senate Rule 23 … pursuant of Senate Rule 68(b) … the Senate bill 235 currently assigned to committee on Education Redevelopment be reassigned to committee on Judiciary under Bray,” the clerk said.
A committee report was adopted by voice vote after the question was put: the presiding officer asked, “All those in favor, say ‘Aye,’” and then declared, “Opposed, nay. The committee report is adopted.” Later, senators approved a set of author motions by unanimous consent after the presiding officer asked for consent to take them in a single motion and the body responded “Aye.” The transcript does not specify the content of those author motions.
Senator Garten moved to adjourn the Senate “until Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.” That motion passed on voice vote and the chamber stood adjourned.
No substantive floor debate on bill content was recorded in the provided transcript; the session largely consisted of reading file lists, routine reassignments and unanimous-consent procedural votes.
Votes at a glance - Committee report: adopted (voice vote; details of the report not specified in the transcript). - SB 235: reassigned from committee on Education Redevelopment to committee on Judiciary (under Senator Bray) by announcement under Senate rules; no roll-call vote recorded. - Author motions: adopted by unanimous consent; specific motions not specified in the transcript. - Motion to adjourn (moved by Senator Garten): adopted; Senate adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Next steps: SB 235 will proceed under the Judiciary Committee’s review per the reassignment; other bills read into the record remain on their respective file lists pending further action (the transcript does not specify subsequent hearings or votes for those bills).
