Senate adopts HJR1002 to call joint session with chief justice, names committee and adjourns to Jan. 13
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The Senate approved House Joint Resolution 1002, which calls for a joint session of the House and Senate to hear a message from the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and appointed three senators to the committee for that event. The chamber then voted to adjourn until 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.
Majority Leader Rodriguez moved adoption of House Joint Resolution 1002 “by representative Duran and senator Rodriguez concerning a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of hearing a message from the chief justice of the supreme court and appointing a committee to ****** the chief justice,” and the motion carried. The clerk recorded the vote as 28 yes, 0 no; four senators were recorded as excused and three seats were vacant for the roll call.
Senators Doherty, Weisman and Bright were named to the committee to represent the Senate at the joint session, according to the clerk’s announcement. The resolution’s authors listed in the session were Representative Duran and Senator Rodriguez; the transcript did not specify the full duties of the committee beyond the appointment noted in the resolution text.
Earlier in the session Senator Pelton Bee moved to approve the Senate journal for Jan. 9, 2025, saying, “I move that the senate journal of January 9, 2025 be approved as corrected by the secretary.” The presiding officer stated that the ayes had it and the motion was adopted.
Before adjourning, Majority Leader Rodriguez moved that the Senate adjourn until 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2025; the motion passed by voice vote and the chamber recessed. The clerk had recorded a quorum at the start of the session as 28 present, 0 absent, 4 excused and 3 vacant.
Announcements during the session included scheduling notes that members would attend a joint session to hear the state of the judiciary and that swearing-in of new members would follow later in the day. No substantive floor debate on the content of the chief justice’s message or the committee’s responsibilities was recorded in the transcript.
Majority Leader Rodriguez moved adoption of House Joint Resolution 1002 “by representative Duran and senator Rodriguez concerning a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of hearing a message from the chief justice of the supreme court and appointing a committee to ****** the chief justice,” and the motion carried. The clerk recorded the vote as 28 yes, 0 no; four senators were recorded as excused and three seats were vacant for the roll call.
Senators Doherty, Weisman and Bright were named to the committee to represent the Senate at the joint session, according to the clerk’s announcement. The resolution’s authors listed in the session were Representative Duran and Senator Rodriguez; the transcript did not specify the full duties of the committee beyond the appointment noted in the resolution text.
Earlier in the session Senator Pelton Bee moved to approve the Senate journal for Jan. 9, 2025, saying, “I move that the senate journal of January 9, 2025 be approved as corrected by the secretary.” The presiding officer stated that the ayes had it and the motion was adopted.
Before adjourning, Majority Leader Rodriguez moved that the Senate adjourn until 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2025; the motion passed by voice vote and the chamber recessed. The clerk had recorded a quorum at the start of the session as 28 present, 0 absent, 4 excused and 3 vacant.
Announcements during the session included scheduling notes that members would attend a joint session to hear the state of the judiciary and that swearing-in of new members would follow later in the day. No substantive floor debate on the content of the chief justice’s message or the committee’s responsibilities was recorded in the transcript.
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