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Senate adopts committee report reassigning SB 235 to Judiciary after clerk reads multiple file lists
Summary
The Senate read several extensive file lists of bills, adopted a committee report reassigning Senate Bill 235 from the Committee on Education Redevelopment to the Judiciary Committee under Sen. Bray, approved author motions by unanimous consent, and adjourned until Jan. 14, 2025.
The Senate on Wednesday read multiple file lists of bills, adopted a committee report reassigning Senate Bill 235 from the Committee on Education Redevelopment to the Judiciary Committee under Sen. Bray, approved author motions in a single consent action and adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
The clerk read file list numbers 7, 8 and 9, reciting dozens of bill identifiers including items listed as SP 146, SP 215, SP 240, SP 250, SB 396 and SB 401 among many others; several entries in the transcript were repeated or not fully audible. After the clerk completed the lists, a single committee report was called and adopted by voice vote.
The committee report, read on the floor, said that pursuant to Senate Rule 23 (and Rule 68(b)) Senate Bill 235, which had been assigned to the Committee on Education Redevelopment, will be reassigned to the Judiciary Committee under Sen. Bray. The reassignment was adopted by voice vote; the transcript records the adoption but does not include a recorded roll-call tally.
Later in the session, senators approved an "author motion" by unanimous consent to take several authorizations in a single motion; the floor record shows the motion passed on a voice vote. The Senate then accepted a motion to adjourn moved by Senator Garten: "I move that the senate do now adjourn until Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM." The motion carried on a voice vote; no division or roll-call tally is recorded in the transcript.
The session included brief procedural announcements, including a notice that majority members would caucus after adjournment and an instruction to use alternate exits because of an issue in a hallway. No substantive debate on the bills listed was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; several bill numbers were introduced by file-list reading only.
The reassignment of SB 235 transfers jurisdiction over that measure from the education redevelopment committee to judiciary, which will change the committee to which future hearings and amendments would be referred. The transcript does not record additional details of SB 235's content, proponents, or opponents, and no roll-call votes or amendment texts were provided in the excerpt.
The Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., when the body will resume consideration of pending business.
