2025-01-02 00:00:00 - Formal House Session 2
2025-01-02 00:00:00 - Formal House Session 2
SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
SPEAKER1 - The hour to which the house adjourned, having arrived, the house will be in order. Members and guests are asked to remain standing and join with me in the pledge of allegiance.
SPEAKER2 - I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, 1 nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
SPEAKER1 - Mister Viera of Falmouth moves at the house stand in recess to the hour 11:40 AM. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have it and the house stands in recess to 11:40 AM.
The House will be in order. Paper from the Senate.
SPEAKER2 - The following order comes from the senate with121 the endorsement that has been adopted as follows. Ordered that a joint committee consisting of members of the senate129 and the house of representatives be appointed for the purpose of canvassing the votes for executive counselors.
SPEAKER3 - Question comes on adoption of
SPEAKER1 - the order. All those in favor say aye. Oppose, no. The ayes have it. The order is adopted.
SPEAKER3 - The house
SPEAKER1 - will be in order. The chair recognizes the chart sergeant at arms.
SPEAKER4 - Mister speaker, the honorable senate.
SPEAKER1 - Admit the honorable senate.
The house will be in order. On an order previously adopted, the chair will appoint mister Stanley of Waltham, miss Howard of Lowell, and mister Viera of Falmouth.
SPEAKER4 - The joint session will come to order. The chair will ask all members, guests, and staff to please rise and recite the351 pledge of allegiance to the flag.
SPEAKER3 - I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, 1 nation under God, indivisible, with
SPEAKER4 - liberty and justice for
SPEAKER3 - all.
SPEAKER4 - Admit her excellency, the governor,469 the lieutenant governor, the constitutional officers that are here, and the councilor's elect.
The chair would like to recognize the governor and lieutenant governor.
SPEAKER5 - Thank you.
GOV. MAURA T. HEALEY - Good morning. Thank you, Madam President and members of this great and general court.590 Thank you for inviting us here this morning. It's always an honor594 to be in the chamber and among all of you.596 And we're very excited today to be, presenting our governors' counselors who provide, tremendous service to our administration, of course, and the work that they do, but more importantly for the entire Commonwealth. And I also wanna make a special welcome to their families and their friends and supporters, all who helped get them to where they are today. We're grateful to all of you and632 we're grateful to all of you, for your willingness to step forward and serve in this, critically important role. And I would now like to, turn the podium over to our fabulous lieutenant governor, Kim Driscoll.
LT. GOV. KIM DRISCOLL - Thanks, Gov. Good morning, everyone, and thank you very much, governor. It is indeed a pleasure to be here to be able to swear in our656 governor's councilors, both our veterans and our newest members. I have the good fortune and good pleasure of spending many Wednesday afternoons with this team, and it really is a team helping ensure that we are putting the best and the brightest in judicial positions. It is some of the most meaningful work and often, sometimes, the commission that people do not are not familiar with and have not heard of that is truly the backstop for our judicial system. In the last 2 years, we've confirmed680 50 judges, including 38 last year alone, 2 on the Supreme Judicial Court, and the686 chief justice of the appeals court. Meaningful688 work that will really carry on generations690 of ensuring that we have the right sort of lived experience and commitment and professional experience to lead these efforts, and that's thanks to your good service. It's not just the time on Wednesdays that we spend. All of you put many more hours in really reviewing the individuals that we put before you to ensure that we have a well respected, well experienced, individuals in our judicial system. So I wanna say thank you and congratulations, and looking forward to working with you in the year ahead. SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
SPEAKER4 - The clerk will read a communication.
SPEAKER7 - To the honorable senate and house of representatives. I have the honor to lay before you the return of votes cast at the election held in this Commonwealth on the 5th day of November 2024 for the councils in the several districts, together with schedules showing number of ballots, which are appear to have been cast for each person voted for. These returns have been duly canvassed by the governor and council, and are now transmitted for examination by the Senate and House of Representatives, as required by the constitution. Very truly yours, William Francis Garland, secretary of the Commonwealth. Thank you.
SPEAKER4 - Will all of the councilors elect please meet in the well below or stand where you are for your swearing in.
SEN SPILKA - I also would like to congratulate you and thank you for stepping up in performing this very vital role to our commonwealth, ensuring access to justice for all of our residents of our commonwealth no matter where they live, what their background is, just to make sure that the Commonwealth continues to provide fair and equal access to justice. So thank you very much. We look forward to hearing more from you as this term continues. So please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I and please state your name. Muhammadu Shlomo. SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
SPEAKER3 - Do solemnly swear.
SPEAKER4 - Do solemnly swear.
SPEAKER3 - Commonwealth of
SPEAKER4 - Massachusetts to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and will828 support the constitution thereof.
So help me god. So help me god. I, please state your name.
SPEAKER5 - I, please state your name.
SPEAKER4 - I, please state your name. Do solemnly swear
SPEAKER3 - and affirm. Do solemnly
SPEAKER4 - swear and affirm.
That I will faithfully and impartially847
SPEAKER5 - that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and
SPEAKER4 - perform. Discharge and perform.
All of the duties incumbent on me as, state your role, according to the best of my abilities and understanding,
agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution of the constitution
and the laws of the commonwealth. So help
SPEAKER3 - me god.
SPEAKER4 - So help me god. I, please state your name. I, please
SPEAKER5 - state your name. I do solemnly swear.
SPEAKER4 - Do solemnly swear. That I will support the constitution of the United States.
SPEAKER5 - That I will support the constitution of the United States.
SPEAKER4 - Thank you. Great job.
SPEAKER3 - Thank you.
SPEAKER4 - Okay.
Your work is not done though. You should find hopefully, you'll find a sheet of paper on your chair that you have to sign before you leave.
SPEAKER5 - Who do they turn it into?
SPEAKER7 - Well, that's Pierre. Pierre and my staff and John from the governor the secretary's office will get it.
SPEAKER4 - Okay. That will be, retrieved before you leave. Make sure that you hand that in. Otherwise, it's not real truly official.
The sergeant at arms will now escort her her excellency, the governor, her honor, the lieutenant governor, the several counselors that are here, and distinguished guests from this house chamber. So please gather here together and follow the991 sergeant at arms. And thank you very much and happy New Year. Happy new year to all that are here.
Okay.
The senator from Brockton, mister Brady moves at the joint convention do now adjourn. All those in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes have it and the joint session stands adjourned. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER1 - The house will be in order. Mister Mariano of Quincy offers an order in the hands of the clerk. The clerk will read the order.
SPEAKER2 - Ordered that when the house adjourned today, it adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 AM.
SPEAKER3 - Question comes on adoption of
SPEAKER1 - the order. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have it. The order is adopted.
REP GARBALLEY - Speaker Mariano of Quincy and all the members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives move that when the House adjourns today, it do so in respect to1259 the memory of James Earl1261 Carter, Jr, who served as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967, Governor of the State of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and as the 39th President of the United States of America from 1977 to 1981. SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
Question comes in adoption of the special adjournment. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed, no. The1292 ayes have it. The special adjournment is adopted. Mr. Viera Falmouth, Moves that the house do now adjourn. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes have it. And the house stands adjourned to meet Monday next 11 AM in an informal session.
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