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Senate adopts agenda, waives multiple items and resolves to Committee of the Whole for State of the Island address
Summary
On Feb. 11, 2026 the Senate adopted its legislative agenda, approved multiple waivers and delays of agenda items, excused absent senators, and resolved into the Committee of the Whole to receive the State of the Island address; all motions carried by voice with no objections.
The Senate convened on Feb. 11, 2026, adopted the day’s legislative agenda and moved several items off or out of the order of business, then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to receive the State of the Island address before adjourning to a 6:00 p.m. recess. "Mister speaker, I move to adopt today's legislative session agenda dated 02/11/2026," a senator said during the opening business; the presiding officer announced there were no objections and the motion carried by voice.
After adoption of the agenda, the presiding officer recognized the majority leader, identified in the transcript as Senator Ron, who moved to delay legislative session agenda items 2 through 5. The motion carried when no senators objected. Later, Senator Rahany moved to waive agenda item number 6; that motion also carried without objection.
The clerk conducted roll call and announced a quorum. The clerk read a list of senators present including Vice Speaker Adam and Senators Barnett, Blas, Borja, Calvo, Duenas, Guatautow, Luhan, Munya Barnes, Parkinson, Perez, Solis Mattinani, Saint Augustine, Tydewi and Terlahi. Cesar Azami, identified in the transcript as the clerk, confirmed the quorum.
Subsequent procedural motions recorded in the session included a motion (recognized at SEG 049) to waive agenda items 8 through 13 and a motion by Senator Ojani to excuse senators not present for the session; both motions carried by voice with no objections. The body also waived agenda items 15 through 19 on a motion that carried without objection.
Toward the end of the recorded segment, a senator moved that the Senate "resolve into the Committee of the Whole for the purpose of receiving the State of the Island address by the honorable Lourdes a Leon Gurel y, Magahaga and Guahan," as rendered in the transcript text. The presiding officer again announced no objections and the motion carried. The presiding officer then recessed the session until 6:00 p.m.
No roll-call votes, amendments, debates on policy content, or committee referrals are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; all recorded procedural motions were adopted by voice when the presiding officer called for objections and none were raised. The record shows procedural management of the agenda and a planned Committee of the Whole for the State of the Island address; the transcript does not record the address itself or any substantive debate on the items that were waived or delayed.
Next steps: the Senate was recessed to reconvene at 6:00 p.m. to continue with the Committee of the Whole and the State of the Island address.
