Senate refers several files to committees, approves adjournment until Feb. 17

The presiding officer announced that, pursuant to Rule 38, multiple Senate files were referred to standing committees. The chair said that Senate files 2275, 2291, 2292, 2295, 2301 and 2317 were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and Senate file 2282 was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The announcement was made as part of routine procedural business; the transcript indicates the chair performed the referrals orally from the calendar.

Later in the session, the presiding officer recognized the senator from Winneshiek, identified in the transcript as Senator Clemish (the same senator is later named in the transcript as "Clemensch"), who moved that "the senate adjourn until Tuesday, February 17 at 9AM." The presiding officer put the question to a voice vote: members responded "aye," no "nay" was recorded on the transcript, and the chair stated that the motion prevailed. The Senate was adjourned to the stated date and time.

No debate, roll-call vote, amendments, or recorded dissent on the referral or the adjournment motion are shown in the transcript. The session otherwise approved the journal earlier in the proceedings and included a brief caucus announcement that Democrats would caucus in Room 24.