Senators adopt agenda, waive multiple items and resolve into Committee of the Whole for State of the Island address

Senators in a legislative session on March 12, 2025, adopted the day's legislative agenda, agreed to delay or waive several numbered agenda items by unanimous consent, excused absent members and resolved into the Committee of the Whole to receive Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero's State of the Island address, the presiding officer said.

The actions began when a senator moved to adopt the legislative session agenda dated March 12, 2025; the presiding officer announced, "Hearing and seeing no objection, motion carries." Subsequent procedural motions were handled largely by unanimous consent.

A motion to delay legislative session agenda items 2 through 5 was made and carried without recorded objection. Senator Masitalo moved to waive agenda item number 6; that motion also carried after the presiding officer called for objections and heard none. The clerk then conducted a roll call during which a quorum was established.

Later motions waived agenda items 8 through 13 and excused senators not present; those motions carried without objection. A motion to waive agenda items 15 through 19 was made and carried as well. On a final procedural motion, senators resolved into the Committee of the Whole "for the purpose of receiving the State of the Island address by the honorable Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero," and the presiding officer again said there was no objection. The session was recessed and scheduled to reconvene at 6 p.m.

All of the recorded procedural motions in the transcript were adopted by unanimous consent or without objection; no contested votes or amendments were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.

The Committee of the Whole is the format the legislative body used to receive the governor's address; the transcript shows the motion to resolve into that committee passed by the same unanimous-consent procedure used for the earlier agenda motions.