Assembly adopts amendments to two bills, calls Ways and Means and Rules to meet

The legislative chamber convened Wednesday and dispensed with further reading of the journal for April 15 after a member moved approval and the presiding officer said, "Without objection, so ordered." The session included housekeeping actions advancing two bills and a call for committee meetings.

Members were informed they have the main calendar and the presiding lawmaker called for the Ways and Means and Rules committees to convene to prepare the calendar to be taken up that day. The presiding officer reiterated the request and asked committee members to proceed to the Speaker's Conference Room.

On a motion by Miss Hindman, the Speaker announced that amendments to bill A.6388-A (calendar no. 221, page 26) were "received and adopted." Later, on a motion by Mr. Weprin, the Speaker announced that amendments to bill A.10030-A (calendar no. 325, page 33) were "received and adopted." The transcript does not provide a roll-call or vote tallies for either adoption; vote counts were not specified.

A short quotation was read aloud by a member at the opening: "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present." The house then stood at ease after a member moved to do so and the presiding officer granted the motion.

The session focused on routine floor business: moving the calendar forward through committee meetings and recording the formal adoption of amendments. No substantive debate on the bills' merits is recorded in the transcript; next steps would be committee consideration and placement on the day's calendar.