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House calls Ways and Means, Rules to conference; dispenses with April 23 journal reading
Summary
At the opening of its session, the House called the Ways and Means and Rules committees to the Speaker's Conference Room, dispensed with reading the journal of Wednesday, April 23, and later stood at ease on a motion from the floor.
The New York State Legislature's House session was called to order, a quorum was confirmed and the body moved several procedural items at the outset of the meeting. Members were asked to observe a moment of silence and join in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Member Pistol moved to "dispense with the further reading of the journal of Wednesday, April 23," a motion the House approved without objection, clearing the way for floor business. Pistol also read a quotation from Frederick Douglass to the chamber: "It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men."
The presiding member announced that the Ways and Means and Rules committees would be called off the floor to the Speaker's Conference Room to prepare the main calendar the House will consider. The presiding member said majority members should expect a conference at the conclusion of floor work and noted staff would coordinate with colleagues across the aisle about additional floor needs.
Later in the opening sequence, Member People Stokes moved to put the House at ease; the motion carried. The session then paused pending committee and conference activity.
No substantive bills or amendments were debated during the excerpted portion of the transcript; the items recorded were procedural steps to set the day's floor schedule.
