At a joint session of the Massachusetts legislature, the governor presided over the ceremonial swearing-in of the governor's councilors and introduced the councilors-elect and their families.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll praised the councilors' work vetting judicial nominees and thanked them for their service. "It really is a team helping ensure that we are putting the best and the brightest in judicial positions," Driscoll said, noting the council's role as "the backstop for our judicial system." She added that in the last two years the council confirmed 50 judges, including 38 last year, two on the Supreme Judicial Court and the chief justice of the Appeals Court.

The clerk read a communication transmitting the canvassed returns of votes cast at the election held in the Commonwealth on Nov. 5, 2024 for the councilors. The communication, signed by William Francis Garland, secretary of the Commonwealth, said the returns "have been duly canvassed by the governor and council and are now transmitted for examination by the senate and house of representatives as required by the constitution." The presiding officer instructed the councilors to meet in the well or stand where they were for the oath and directed them to sign paperwork before leaving.

After the ceremonial items and administrative instructions, the senator from Brock moved that the joint convention do now adjourn. The presiding officer called for a voice vote, declared "the ayes have it," and adjourned the joint session.