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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Patricia Rucker

SCR 22 sets short-term adjournment and reconvene dates for the Senate and House, fixing late Nov–early Dec 2024 calendars and shaping bill deadlines and committee meetings.

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Summary — SCR 22: A Concurrent Resolution to Prescribe the Legislative Schedule

Status (as provided)
- Bill number: SCR 22 (concurrent resolution)
- Classification: Resolution
- Introduced: February 12, 2025 (status shown as: REFERRED TO SECRETARY FOR RECORD)
- Legislative Counsel Digest: Fiscal Committee — NO

Purpose and intent
- SCR 22 sets the legislature’s short-term adjournment and reconvening schedule. Its sole purpose is to establish specific dates and times when each chamber will stand adjourned and when it will reconvene.

Key provisions
- Senate schedule:
- When the Senate adjourns on Thursday, November 14, 2024, it will stand adjourned until Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
- When the Senate adjourns on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, it will stand adjourned until Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
- House of Representatives schedule:
- When the House adjourns on Thursday, November 14, 2024, it will stand adjourned until Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.
- When the House adjourns on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, it will stand adjourned until Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.

Who is affected
- Primary effectors: members of the Senate and House, their staffs, committee chairs, and legislative support offices.
- Secondary effects: parties tracking legislative business (lobbyists, executive branch liaisons, media, the public) because set adjournment/reconvene dates determine when bills can be considered, when committees may meet, and when deadlines fall.

Procedural and timeline aspects
- SCR 22 is a concurrent resolution: it governs internal legislative procedure and requires concurrence by both chambers. It does not create private rights or obligations outside the Legislature.
- The resolution is administrative in nature and the Legislative Counsel’s digest indicates no fiscal committee referral (no identified fiscal effect).
- By prescribing adjournment and reconvening times, the resolution can affect committee scheduling, bill deadlines, and floor calendars for the short periods specified (late November — early December 2024).
- Concurrent resolutions typically do not require gubernatorial signature to take effect (they implement legislative procedure), though practices can vary by jurisdiction.

Notes and caveats
- The text of this SCR addresses dates in November–December 2024 even though the provided introduction date is in 2025; this likely reflects a schedule-setting resolution for a prior session (the document set appears to combine materials from multiple jurisdictions and years). The core operative content above reflects the schedule language contained in the resolution text.