Iowa House approves journal, recesses until Appropriations Committee concludes

The Iowa House of Representatives approved the day’s journal, heard an opening prayer from Representative Thompson of Floyd and the pledge led by House page Ethan Tisdale of Coralville, and then recessed by voice vote until the conclusion of the Appropriations Committee.

After recognizing a representative from Winnebago, that representative moved that "if there's no further business to come before the House, I move the House recess until the conclusion of the Appropriations Committee." The chair put the motion to a voice vote; members responded "Aye," and the chair declared, "The ayes have it." The chair then announced that the House was recessed.

The session’s procedural actions were brief and routine: the chair called the question on the journal and stated, "Journal stands approved," and the House proceeded directly to the recess motion. Representative Thompson offered the opening prayer asking that members "do our work for the people of the state of Iowa promptly and wisely and with a minimum of rancor." The pledge was led by Ethan Tisdale, identified as a page from Coralville.

No amendments, substitutions, or recorded roll-call tallies for the recess motion were included in the transcript; the motion was disposed of by voice vote and the chair’s announcement that the ayes prevailed. The transcript does not specify who seconded the motion or any recorded individual votes.

The House recessed to permit the Appropriations Committee to complete its work; the transcript does not record a time for reconvening or additional business to be considered when the chamber returns.