Texas House adopts HCR 54 to allow adjournment beyond three days
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The Texas House adopted HCR 54, authorizing the chamber to adjourn for more than three days during the period noted in the resolution; the measure passed on a recorded vote of 116–25.
The Texas House on a recorded vote adopted House Concurrent Resolution 54, a measure authorizing the legislature to adjourn for more than three days during a specified period. Representative Hunter moved adoption; the clerk recorded 116 ayes and 25 nays, and the resolution was adopted.
The resolution, read by the clerk as “HCR 54 by Hunter, authorizing the legislature to adjourn more than 3 days during the period beginning on Wednesday, January 2019, 2025, and ending on Tuesday, February 4, 2025,” was explained briefly by Hunter, who opened debate by saying, “Members, this resolution is authorizes adjournment for more than 3 days.” The sponsor said the schedule authorizes the House and Senate to adjourn from “this Wednesday until next Tuesday.”
A constitutionally required recorded vote was held; the clerk reported some individual aye votes during roll call (Hunter, Dutton, Morales, Hinojosa) while the final tally was announced as 116 ayes and 25 nays. The clerk completed the roll; the chair declared the resolution adopted.
Representative Tenderholt subsequently asked that discussions last week about house rules, including motions and votes, be reduced to writing and placed in the journal; the chair ordered that request without objection. The House then proceeded with other business and adjourned.
While the resolution authorizes the chamber to adjourn for a period specified in the text read into the record, the exact calendar dates in the clerk’s oral reading contain a transcription irregularity in the published text; the resolution as adopted authorizes an extended adjournment as explained on the floor.