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COMMITTEE AND FLOOR ACTION:
All committee action taken per Senate Rule 19 (Committee of the Whole)
SR 111 – Defer confirmation of appointments
SR
111 allows the Senate to confirm appointees made by an appointing
authority other than the Governor after the April 15 deadline set in Code
section 2.32 subsection 7 and through the end of session.
[Committee of the Whole 3/16: voice vote]
[Floor 3/16: voice vote]
SR 112 – Defer confirmation of gubernatorial appointments
SR
112 allows the Senate to confirm appointees made by the Governor after
the April 15 deadline set in Code section 2.32 subsection 7 and through the end
of session.
[Committee of the Whole 3/16: voice vote]
[Floor 3/16: voice vote]
SCR 102 – Session and joint rules suspension
SCR 102 allows the Legislature to adjourn from March 16, 2020, until 10 a.m. April 15, 2020, without having to gavel in and out every three days as is normally required under law.
The Legislative Council may call the Legislature back into session before April 15 or to extend adjournment beyond April 15.
Joint rules governing the Legislature are suspended during this temporary adjournment. When the Legislature returns to session, bills, appointment and other business resume from the point in the process at which they were left, as though no time had passed.
[Committee of the Whole 3/16: voice vote]
[Floor 3/16: 36-0 (Excused: Bisignano, Breitbach, Carlin, Edler, Feenstra, Guth, Hogg, Miller-Meeks, Quirmbach, Rozenboom, Segebart, J. Smith, T. Taylor, Zumbach)]