Senate dispenses with routine readings, votes to recess until noon and adjourn until Feb. 3

During a routine session, the Senate voted by voice to dispense with the reading of the journal, the reading of committee reports and the reading of the titles of bills and resolutions, the presiding officer said.

Senator Blackwell moved each of the three motions to dispense with readings and the motions were approved by voice vote, with the presiding officer announcing “the ayes have it.” The Senate then voted to stand in recess until noon, and the journal was to reflect that the Senate would adjourn until 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, after the final committee report is filed.

Senator Hickman asked that when the Senate adjourns it do so in memory of Andrew Eaves, who was identified in the session as a pilot who died in a Black Hawk crash; members were invited to add their names with the clerk. The session included a sequence of member announcements about committee meeting times and other scheduling matters, including reminders about campaign finance filing deadlines and upcoming events such as a livestock/child show at the Dixie National.

The motions recorded in the transcript were procedural housekeeping steps that do not, in themselves, change statute or policy. Announcements made by members identified times and rooms for committee meetings and solicited donations or volunteer help for a community event; those items were informational rather than formal actions recorded as votes.

The presiding officer called the roll at the start of the session and recognized members for motions and announcements; the clerk collected names for the requested adjournment in memory.