The Iowa Senate approved a motion to adjourn its joint convention until Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 9 a.m., and later voted to recess until 5:35 p.m., while recognizing visiting student and youth advisory groups and a pediatric cancer advocacy delegation during opening proceedings.

The recognitions began when Sen. Greene, the senator from Boone, introduced more than 100 Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (IJAG) students visiting the Capitol and noted the program’s 25th anniversary. Sen. Trone Garriott, the senator from Dallas, introduced two youth councils housed with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services: a statewide youth justice council made up of young people with lived juvenile-justice experience and the State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council for ages 14 to 21. Sen. Weiner, the senator from Johnson, introduced a pediatric cancer advocacy group from eastern Iowa that included parents, siblings, doctors George Weiner and David Dickens, Scott and Brooke Cass, and a Linmar High School senior identified as Abbas, who is described in the transcript as recently in remission.

Later in the proceedings, Sen. Whitver, the senator from Polk, moved ‘‘that upon dissolution of the joint convention, the senate be adjourned till Wednesday, January 15th at 9 AM.’’ The presiding officer called for the voice vote and stated, “The motion prevails.” The transcript records no roll-call tally.

Shortly thereafter, Sen. Whitver moved that the Senate recess until 5:35 p.m. The presiding officer again called for a voice vote and announced, “The senate is recessed until 5:35 PM.” The transcript does not record individual roll-call votes for these motions; outcomes were announced by the chair.

During introductions and announcements, senators invited members of the public and colleagues to greet the visiting groups in the rotunda and gallery. A senator announced that Democrats would caucus in room 24; the transcript shows that announcement occurred after introductions.

The adjournment motion followed the dissolution of the joint convention as stated on the record; the recess motion was announced as a temporary pause in the Senate’s proceedings. No committee actions, ordinances, statutes, or formal legislative bills were debated or voted on in the excerpted transcript.