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Senate convenes; prayer offered and journal approved as two files are sent to Ways and Means
Summary
The Senate opened with a prayer and pledge, approved the journal, and the presiding officer announced that Senate File 2,419 and Senate File 2,464 were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to rule 38.
The Senate convened and the presiding officer called the body to order. "Senate will be in order," the presiding officer said at the start of the session. Members joined in the Pledge of Allegiance before an opening prayer.
The prayer was offered by the senator identified in the record as Senator Shipley, who invoked comfort for Iowans after a combat-related death: "Oh, Lord, oh, Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth," the senator said, closing with "In the name of the father, son, and holy ghost, amen." After routine business, the presiding officer asked for corrections to the journal; hearing none, "the journal is approved as printed."
The chair announced a procedural referral: "pursuant to rule 38, the, senate file 2,419 and senate file 2,464 will be referred to the committee on ways and means," assigning those files to committee consideration. No debate or vote on those files occurred during this session. The referral was presented as an administrative action under chamber rules; the transcript does not record sponsors, motions, or further floor debate on the two files during the period covered here.
The Senate recessed to allow members to caucus later in the session.
