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Iowa Senate approves journal, receives House messages and recesses to Appropriations Committee
Summary
The Iowa Senate approved the journal, the Clerk read a House message listing multiple filed bills on April 13, 2026, and Sen. Klemish moved and won a voice vote to recess until the Appropriations Committee concluded.
The Iowa Senate carried out routine procedural business on April 13, 2026: the journal was approved as printed, the clerk read a message from the House listing several bills, and the Senate recessed until the conclusion of the Appropriations Committee following a voice vote.
When the presiding officer asked for corrections to the journal, the Chair said, "Hearing none, the journal is approved as printed." The Clerk read a House message dated 04/13/2026 listing multiple bills and files, including (as read) "Senate file 93", "Senate file 542", "Senate file 2379", "House file 2254", "House file 2256", "House file 2532", and "House file 2543." The transcript contains garbling of some bill titles; the list above reproduces the bill file numbers and the Clerk's reading as presented in the record.
Later the Chair recognized the senator from Winneshiek, Senator Klemish, who moved that "the Senate recess until the conclusion of the appropriations committee." The motion was decided by voice vote—"All those in favor, say aye"—and the Chair declared "the motion prevails," directing that the Senate be recessed until the Appropriations Committee finished its business.
No roll-call vote or recorded tallies were taken on the recess motion in the transcript; the Chair announced the result by voice. The session then stood recessed pending the committee's conclusion.
