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Senate redesignates legislative day after weather closure, moves resolution deadline and grants hearing waiver
Summary
The presiding officer told the Senate that, after Governor Josh Green ordered state offices closed for severe weather, the legislature would be closed, legislative days renumbered and the substantive resolution cutoff moved to the afternoon; the chamber also granted a waiver under Senate Rule 21 to hold an education committee hearing March 18.
The presiding officer said the Senate would be closed after Governor Josh Green announced state offices would shut on Friday, March 13, and that the chamber and House Speaker jointly agreed to close the legislature, prompting a renumbering of legislative days and a shift in one deadline.
"Following Governor Josh Green's announcement that state offices would be closed on Friday, March 13 due to severe weather conditions, the speaker and I jointly decided that the legislature would be closed," the presiding officer said. He added that the redesignation…
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