The legislature's second special session recessed until Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. after multiple senators raised concerns that a substituted version of Bill No. 12s differed substantively from the version they had debated, prompting the presiding officer to grant time for review.

Senator Weiss raised a point of order during debate, saying the version of Bill No. 12s before the chamber "is substantively different than what we debated and passed on the floor, as well as the formatting is not correct and not proper as per our standing rules." Weiss also told the chamber the bill "may be grave to the health and safety of our patients and our community at large as it relates to this hospital" and asked for at least "a moment's recess so that we can look at the logistics of how the processes go from here."

The concern followed a string of unanimous procedural actions at the start of the special session. Senator Salas Matanani moved to adopt the second special session agenda dated 09/05/2025; the chamber then agreed, without recorded objection, to waive several agenda items (items 2–6, 8–9 and 11–12), to append messages from "Imaka Hagan Guahan" to the session journal, and to deem Bill No. 12s to have received its first reading. A motion to excuse senators not present was also made and entered on the record.

The presiding officer, Speaker Blas, initially characterized the exchange as a request and provided a ruling declaring the members would be given time to review the bill. The speaker said on the floor, "I'm gonna rule that we're going to recess until Wednesday, 09/10/2025 at 9AM." The session was then recessed.

The transcript records disagreement among senators over procedure. One senator objected that the matter required debate and could not be handled "notwithstanding the house rules," calling for a point of order and underscoring that motions on the floor are debatable. The speaker responded that members had the right to overrule the chair if they wished, but nonetheless issued the recess ruling to allow review.

No formal roll-call vote on Bill No. 12s was recorded before the recess. The transcript indicates the bill had been placed for first reading earlier in the session, but senators asked for additional time to reconcile differences between the version they expected and the substituted text presented.

The session's next scheduled appearance on the record is the reconvening at 9 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2025; further action on Bill No. 12s and any outcomes will depend on the chamber's review and any subsequent motions or rulings when members return.