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On the House floor the Committee on Rules reported and recommended suspension of Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of the petitions. The clerk read the committee report placing the petition “relative to the estimated rate of inflation for social service programs” with the Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities. A separate petition from Colleen M. Gary proposing that all establishments be required to accept cash for transactions was filed; the transcript lists that petition but does not record a specific committee placement for it on the floor record excerpt. A third petition, relative to listing alcohol by volume for beer sections on menus, was sent to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

Representative Connolly of Cambridge moved the suspension of rules; the House adopted the motion by voice vote and the transcript records “the ayes have it” and that Joint Rule 12 was suspended. The suspension enabled the committee referrals recorded on the floor; the transcript does not include committee debate or votes on the petitions themselves.

Actions taken on the floor were procedural: the House suspended a rule to permit consideration and referred the named petitions to committees for review. The transcript does not show further committee action, nor does it record any detailed debate on the petitions’ substantive merits during the floor proceeding.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Informal House Session - June 2, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Massachusetts House suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow referral of three petitions filed by Colleen M. Gary: an inflation‑estimate petition to the Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities; a cash‑acceptance petition; and an alcohol‑by‑volume labeling petition to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature MA, Massachusetts","taxId",77682,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6216860,"Governor asks Legislature to allow Scituate four additional on‑premises liquor licenses; message referred to consumer protection committee",34,117000,151000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3650514-4da979431fc093172df2a55c33db4d74&start=117&end=151","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3650514-4da979431fc093172df2a55c33db4d74/thumbnail_117000.jpg","/articles/6216860/Massachusetts/Governor-asks-Legislature-to-allow-Scituate-four-additional-onpremises-liquor-licenses-message-referred-to-consumer-protection-committee","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6216860-0652d861db2d39a1673d874c99bf32aa/orig.mp4?Expires=1776017669&Signature=U141nOVMC-~LTdm8ljJJKoLlRz8eEc3ELGwTx78r6RP6dbvC3QQ-~-TUltA8hOHCIl2GlJwf69U3G4QN0iYXW8LYzzW4GURydmoL0PsTx7E5pLgRRgO4Z3kx~jUVgsDDhSfYxiQ2OapHs3ePBovMnu5doIzpNR1KE0hD8AyVwKQbKVaIkzjT4URLzDd0~kYIRVpP~DVbKd-4uPYOhXMKgdH6t2rSJ0ETDE3Rp4JC821GojODJpgmEE0mEPGSoYS48OuIkJZ39lNdSgE2Ma0IHtkG775sUyHqQmxjMLBwiHjkPivWiC4gifr9pn-CTJJM6s0Vtt~wa-8M9VCDyBQUCA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A message from the governor asking the Massachusetts House to authorize the town of Scituate to grant four additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises was filed in the clerk’s office on Friday, May 30, at 11 a.m. and referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

The filing, announced on the House floor as coming from “her excellency, the governor,” cited the authority in section 8 of Article 89 of the amendments to the constitution as the basis for the request. The clerk read the message and informed members that it had been placed on file and would be sent to the consumer protection committee for consideration.

No debate on the substance of the request was recorded on the floor. Referral of the message means the committee will receive the governor’s communication for its review; the transcript does not record any further committee action or a timeline for consideration.

The House’s public record shows the message and its referral; next steps would occur in the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, which handles matters related to licensing and consumer rules.","A message from the governor asking permission for the town of Scituate to grant four additional licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises was filed with the House clerk May 30 and referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.","actionData","errors"]

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House suspends Joint Rule 12 to refer three petitions, including cash‑acceptance and ABV labeling measures

Governor asks Legislature to allow Scituate four additional on‑premises liquor licenses; message referred to consumer protection committee