Helena — The Montana Senate convened with 48 senators present and two excused, heard an invocation and the pledge, introduced Senate Bills 114 through 124 on first reading, announced committee meeting dates and visitor introductions, and adjourned to 1 p.m. on the seventh legislative day after a motion by Majority Leader McGillivray passed by voice vote.

The roll call was announced by the presiding officer, who said, “Mister President, 48 senators are here. 2 are excused.” Chaplain Johnson offered the invitation and the chamber recited the pledge of allegiance.

The session included multiple member introductions and visitor recognitions. Senators introduced pages Shea Weber and Harmony Loehr of Browning and Houston Hayes, who has been staying with a sponsoring senator. Majority Leader McGillivray announced an event Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Old Supreme Court Chamber featuring Michael Farris, identified in the meeting as the former president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom and founder of Patrick Henry College; McGillivray said Farris would discuss the Convention of States effort.

Committee meeting schedules were announced on the floor. The Judiciary Committee was scheduled to meet Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 8 a.m.; Business and Labor at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday; Senate Tax at 9 a.m. on Tuesday; Education and other committees announced upcoming meeting times and locations as stated from the floor. The transcript lists additional committee times and rooms announced by individual senators; where the audio included unclear timestamps those specifics are reported as stated by the announcing senator.

Clerk announcements recorded that “Senate Bills 114 through 124 are introduced in brief.” The bills were placed on first reading; no bill text, sponsors, or subject matter were discussed on the floor during the portions of the session recorded in the transcript.

Before adjournment, Majority Leader McGillivray moved, “I move that senate[sic] adjourned to the hour of 1 o'clock on March 13th, 6th legislative day.” The motion was approved by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript. The presiding officer then declared, “And so ordered, the senate will be adjourned until 1 PM on 7th legislative day.”

No floor debate on the introduced bills was recorded in the supplied transcript excerpt; the bills will proceed through committee referral and further readings according to the Senate’s rules and schedule.

Items of administrative business and scheduling occupied the portion of the session captured in the transcript; substantive policy debate or bill text was not included in the provided excerpt.