The House, Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The House took no recorded vote on a bill that day.
- Assembled
- 10:00 AM
- Votes Taken
- 2 roll calls
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How the Day Began
The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Patricia Cornell (D - Hills 22) led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Sherman Packard (R - Rock 16), Speaker of the House.
Excused for the Day
Show the 10 members excusedRepublican 7Democrat 3
The journal records 10 members as having leave of the House for the day, that is, permission to be away. A member on leave may still have voted on part of the day, and the roll call record does not always agree with the journal about who was excused.
Rep. Lorie Ball (R - Rock 25) Rep. Daniel Popovici-Muller (R - Rock 17) Rep. Jim Snodgrass (D - Merr 28) Rep. James Spillane (R - Rock 2) Rep. Brian Valerino (R - Coos 5) Rep. Gary Woods (D - Merr 30) Rep. Karel Crawford (R - Carr 3) Rep. Denise DeDe-Poulin (R - Straf 6) Rep. John Leavitt (R - Merr 10) Rep. Beth Richards (D - Merr 17)
Votes on No Bill
Roll calls the House took that day on questions that were on no bill, such as its own rules, a ruling of the chair or printing a debate. The question is as the General Court’s roll-call file words it.
Amend H Rule 64
Motion Passed 216–164 on a roll call
Amend H Rule 64
Motion Failed 154–227 on a roll call
Under Unanimous Consent
These belong to no bill. The House gives a member leave to address it, and what they said is part of the permanent record.
- Rep. Timothy Horrigan (D - Straf 10), on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
- Rep. Kris Schultz (D - Merr 29), on memorial remarks for the former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.