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Senate schedules education budget hearings, approves recess until 5 p.m.
Summary
Senators announced appropriations subcommittee hearings on the K–12 education budget and a rules committee meeting; Senator Blackwell moved and the Senate approved a recess until 5 p.m., with the journal to reflect adjournment until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Senators announced committee and budget hearing schedules for the opening week of the 2025 session and the chamber approved a recess until 5 p.m. Jan. 7.
Senator Barr announced an appropriations subcommittee hearing on the education budget for K–12 matters at 3 p.m. in Room 216 on Wednesday, with a second K–12 budget hearing scheduled for Thursday at 10:45 a.m. Senator Kirby called a rules committee meeting for "tomorrow, 10 minutes after recess in the Pro Tem office."
Why it matters: the announced hearings set the immediate schedule for review of the K–12 portion of the budget and the rules committee meeting establishes when senators will convene to consider procedure and referrals early in the session.
On a motion from Senator Blackwell, the Senate "stand in recess until 5 PM today," and the motion carried on a voice vote. The clerk recorded the outcome by voice: "The ayes have it," and the President announced, "The senate stands in recess."
The motion included language that the journal would reflect the Senate was adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The transcript contains one garbled line earlier in the reading that said "5 10 AM tomorrow morning," but a later announcement clarified the journal will reflect adjournment until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
No votes on bills or ordinances were recorded; the action recorded on the floor during these remarks was the recess motion.
