Senate adopts resolution commending Los Angeles County firefighters; creates temporary committees and refers auditor communication

The Senate adopted a resolution commending the Los Angeles County Fire Department and other first responders for their work fighting recent wildfires in Los Angeles County, then approved several procedural orders including creation of temporary committees and a referral to a subcommittee, during a brief floor session.

The resolution was sponsored by Senator Feingold and Senator Tarr and was adopted by voice vote. The resolution text commends the Los Angeles County Fire Department and “other first responders on their bravery and heroism in fighting the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.” The clerk recorded the resolution as adopted.

Senator from Middlesex and Norfolk Miss Filka offered an order creating a temporary committee on Ways and Means and a temporary committee on Bills in Third Reading. The order states the membership of each temporary committee shall be the same as the membership of the corresponding committees in the 193rd General Court. Senator Feeney moved to suspend the rules to allow immediate consideration of the order; the motion to suspend was agreed to and the order was adopted.

Senator Feeney also moved that a communication from the Auditor of the Commonwealth, Senate docket number 154, be taken from the files and referred to the appropriate subcommittee for matters relative to chapter 50 of the Acts of 2024. That motion was adopted by voice vote and the communication was referred to the subcommittee.

Senator Durant offered an order setting the Senate’s next meeting. The chamber adopted an order that it adjourn today and reconvene on Monday next at 11:00 a.m. A subsequent motion that the Senate do now adjourn carried and the Senate adjourned to meet Monday next at 11:00 a.m.

There was no recorded roll-call tally in the transcript for the votes; the record shows voice approvals and adoption for the listed items.