Henon proclaimed his innocence on his way in.
"I have done nothing wrong and I will not speak to the indictment," he said.
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Henon walked confidently from his office and, after a five-minute exchange with reporters, took his seat in the Caucus Room and later, Council Chambers, as a few colleagues walked over to greet him.
He said he has no intention of resigning — no one has asked him to — and he will run for re-election this year.
He declined to address the charge but did defend a bill he sponsored — which was introduced in his absence last week — increasing the number of L&I inspectors, as "they are overworked and understaffed," he said.
Henon's bill would quadruple the number of inspectors.