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Senator Clemish secures unanimous consent to call up Senate Resolution 121; chamber hears House message and brief recognitions
Summary
During a brief session the 2026 Senate approved its journal, the secretary read House-passed measures, senators introduced guests and advocates, and Senator Clemish obtained unanimous consent to call up Senate Resolution 121 for immediate consideration.
Senator Clemish (senator from Winneshiek) asked unanimous consent to call up Senate Resolution 121 with Senator Blake, saying, "I ask unanimous consent to call up senate resolution 121 with senator Blake." The chair heard no objections, called up SR 121 and recognized Senator Blake for opening comments.
The Senate approved the journal as printed after the chair asked for corrections and heard none. The secretary then read a message from the House reporting that it had passed multiple measures on April 20, 2026; the transcript lists several file numbers but several item titles and subject lines were garbled in the record and not specified in full.
The chamber paused for ceremonial recognitions. The presiding officer thanked the junior and senior pages for their session work and called several by name. Senator Westrich introduced a young guest from Ottumwa, Marley, noting that she "is the founder of her own small business" and is active in her community garden. Senator Clemish introduced pediatric cancer advocates Scott Cause and Michelle Foth, thanking them for "dedicated advocacy" to find funding for childhood cancer research.
Senator Stade invited colleagues to join him in celebrating his wife's mother, Lucille King, who recently turned 100, and Senator Hartman acknowledged the legislative clerk Morgan Ryan, noting she will graduate May 17 from Drake University.
With no further announcements, the Senate recessed briefly for a Democratic caucus and the presiding officer placed the body at ease. The agenda item placing SR 121 before the Senate was completed by unanimous consent; no floor debate or vote on the resolution is recorded in this transcript segment.
