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Senate reads multiple bill file lists, reassigns SB 235, adopts committee report and adjourns
Summary
The Senate moved through introductory business including the reading of multiple file lists, reassigned Senate Bill 235 to the Judiciary Committee, adopted a committee report and author motions, and adjourned until Jan. 14, 2025; majority members were told to caucus after adjournment.
The president of the Senate presided over a brief session that included the reading of several bill file lists, the reassignment of Senate Bill 235 to the Judiciary Committee, adoption of a committee report and author motions, and an adjournment until Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
The clerk read multiple "file list" entries that contained a large number of bill numbers on the calendar. The transcript recording of the lists contains repeated and partially garbled bill identifiers; specific bill details were not specified in the readable record.
The clerk reported a committee reassignment under Senate rules: "Pursuant to Senate Rule 23 ... Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b) the clerk reports Senate Bill 235 currently assigned to the Committee on Education Redevelopment be reassigned to the Committee on Judiciary under Bray." The reassignment was presented as a committee action reported to the floor and recorded without a separate roll-call vote on the floor in the transcript.
A committee report was placed before the Senate and adopted by voice vote after the president called for consent: "All those in favor, say aye." The clerk recorded that the committee report was adopted. The Senate then proceeded through author motions; a motion to take the author motions in a single vote was approved on a voice vote: "All in favor of the motion to adopt the author motion, say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The motion passes."
Senator Holdman used the floor to make an announcement about scheduling: "Senate majority members will caucus immediately upon adjournment today." Senator Gordon followed with a floor instruction about building egress, telling senators to avoid a particular hallway: "Please do not exit this door here or this door here ... avoid this hallway at all costs."
Senator Garten moved to adjourn, and the motion carried on a voice vote. The clerk announced: "The motion passes. Senate stands in adjournment until Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM." The transcript indicates no further substantive debate or policy discussion occurred on the floor during the recorded portion of this session.
Items mentioned on the file lists and the reassignment of SB 235 will appear on future calendars as appropriate; the transcript did not provide sponsor names, bill titles, or detailed bill text for the items read aloud, and those specifics were not specified in the readable record.
