Senate Convenes Pro Forma Session, Adjourns to October 9, 2026

The Senate convened for a pro forma session on October 6, 2026, at 1:31 and 12 seconds p.m. During this brief session, the President pro tempore, Mr. Grassley, appointed Senator Katie Boyd Britt of Alabama to perform the duties of the chair as Acting President pro tempore. No substantive legislative business was conducted. The Senate then adjourned at 1:31 and 45 seconds p.m., scheduling its next meeting for Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

This session was purely pro forma, serving to fulfill procedural requirements to keep the Senate technically in session without transacting any substantive legislative business. Such sessions are common during recesses or periods of limited activity.