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JRS 18

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 21, 2025

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Phil Baruth

Authorizes and records a weekend adjournment for March 21, 2025, pausing legislative sessions and hearings and delaying deadlines for members, staff, and public notices.

As adopted by Senate and House
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Bill Summary · JRS 18

Summary — JRS 18 (2025): Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 21, 2025

Bill number: JRS 18
Title: Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on March 21, 2025
Sponsor: Senator Philip Baruth (primary)
Introduced: March 18, 2025
Classification: Joint resolution
Status: Adopted by Senate and House (March 18–21, 2025)

Purpose

JRS 18 is a procedural legislative resolution addressing the scheduling of a weekend adjournment that falls on March 21, 2025. Its primary purpose is to authorize and formally record the legislature’s adjournment or recess over that weekend under the rules and practices of the General Assembly.

Key provisions (based on title and classification)

  • Establishes or confirms a weekend adjournment for March 21, 2025, for one or both chambers of the legislature.
  • Provides the formal legislative authorization needed to pause regular floor sessions, committee activity, or other scheduled business for that weekend.
  • As a joint resolution of a procedural nature, it does not create or amend substantive statutory law; rather, it governs legislative scheduling and internal operations.

Note: The actual text of the resolution was not provided. The above provisions reflect the ordinary function of a joint resolution titled as relating to a weekend adjournment.

Who is affected

  • Members of the Senate and House (scheduling of floor sessions, committee meetings, voting days).
  • Legislative staff and administrative personnel (work schedules, support services).
  • Lobbyists, advocates, and members of the public (timing of hearings, opportunities for in-person participation).
  • Any time-sensitive deadlines tied to legislative sitting days (filings, report deadlines, bill hearing windows) may be shifted or paused in accordance with the adjournment.

Legislative timeline & status

  • Introduced: March 18, 2025 (read and adopted by the originating chamber).
  • Read and adopted in concurrence by the other chamber on March 19, 2025.
  • House messages on March 21, 2025 indicate the House adopted the resolution in concurrence.
  • Final status recorded as “As adopted by Senate and House” (March 21, 2025).

Significance and practical impact

  • Primarily administrative: provides an official record that the legislature recessed or adjourned for the weekend of March 21, 2025.
  • Does not require gubernatorial signature to affect internal legislative scheduling (procedural joint resolutions are typically internal to the legislature).
  • May temporarily delay committee hearings, bill consideration, or other business until the legislature reconvenes.

Notes / Limitations

  • The full text of JRS 18 was not included; this summary draws on the bill title, classification, sponsor, and legislative actions. If you need the exact language (e.g., whether a specific reconvening time/date or exceptions were specified), request the official engrossed resolution text or legislative journal entry for March 18–21, 2025.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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