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Following the suspension, the clerk reported a House bill establishing a charter for the city of Somerville, House No. 4445, as coming from the House \"passed to be engrossed in that branch.\" The senator from Third Bristol and Plymouth, Miss Dooner, asked unanimous consent to suspend rules to consider the matter immediately; the chair heard no objection and the rules were suspended. The question then came on ordering the Somerville charter bill to a third reading, and the Senate voted by voice to order the bill to a third reading.

The Senate also repeatedly acted to suspend joint rule 12 to refer other House petitions to committee; the clerk noted several petitions were referred under the suspension and the matters were to be sent to their respective committees. These were procedural steps enabling committee review and further floor consideration; the transcript does not record debate on the content of the Somerville charter or on the individual petitions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Session of August 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate suspended joint rule 12 to refer a series of House petitions to committee, and by unanimous consent advanced a House bill establishing a Somerville city charter to a third reading.","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},6135928,"Senate orders Wellesley Housing Development Corporation dissolution bill to third reading",37,109570,146580,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670633-7e33cddfb2a63ecb1c726f6058a39010&start=109&end=146","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670633-7e33cddfb2a63ecb1c726f6058a39010/thumbnail_109570.jpg","/articles/6135928/Massachusetts/Senate-orders-Wellesley-Housing-Development-Corporation-dissolution-bill-to-third-reading","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6135928-a040a6a45d6675d72848bf06a36343a0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771138511&Signature=FdrUSZ44klh1vU-n31tpHbqPExtvrrKoQXpkOQAarj8FQF8aicTj7KF0I6jwE~ef2xGGmj0w6X2WFvf~-2zUaXKjyzeYeGv4~Avogqutq2VYj8mvs97BmYRgVZHIRxSh28Cj3msPJa7n0WId6-flCss8b2bSXbBzzmmt9wU5AS3o4ek1NkEZ7q1ayWVl92Td9Kd5fktTQqEXS7KXKPgyiInfQWiSuKx2R68jeCcGjhokmdhNrq~3j1lSLI18mcMXa55c3iDbU~5I1F-tYpOXF2LAYL2k9Ba9LaLfW1U6q-5bDy3pKiKvirfhlpsgSB8cZ-DE6Wu8RSZ4t4~4QJJ9Xg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Massachusetts Senate on a voice vote ordered a House bill authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its housing development corporation to a third reading and later passed the bill to be engrossed. The clerk read the measure as: \"An act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its housing development corporation, House No. 4139,\" and the chamber voted to order the bill to a third reading.

The chair then read the bill on third reading — \"An act dissolving the Wellesley Housing Development Corporation, House No. 4139, its title having been changed by the committee on bills in the third reading\" — and the Senate voted by voice to pass the bill to be engrossed. The transcript records no floor debate or roll-call tally on the item.

The actions on the floor were procedural steps moving the measure forward in the legislative process; no amendments or conditions were recorded in the provided transcript. The measure will next follow the standard engrossment, enrollment and final passage procedures of the chamber.","The Senate ordered a bill authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its housing development corporation to a third reading and passed it to be engrossed.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6135933,"Senate advances bills creating sick-leave banks for two state employees",45,29980,75065,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670633-7e33cddfb2a63ecb1c726f6058a39010&start=29&end=75","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670633-7e33cddfb2a63ecb1c726f6058a39010/thumbnail_29980.jpg","/articles/6135933/Massachusetts/Senate-advances-bills-creating-sick-leave-banks-for-two-state-employees","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6135933-cfc4fd9ed88c4f28f243304d28f496ce/orig.mp4?Expires=1771138511&Signature=jFHP9LOCd~KQfKuGqjWsEbzaFRuwGKmUnUKgjmN5V9fVK1J6Yv7DQKmEHPVlXP7yD9Ggz9Wd8nrMkpQ9xdZbZBE5p3kzaleJfnBAr0L-IykzkLLYgKD6Z4gQ8yz53tdiC36u3-RzH7ZiQsL0itFjpv82uD9caRCCm7jmEARZ1aJNg1tl7m~nO7~CwlVQm3FYfoHXwwyWCCHh1exx2uVmlP4LpjjuW-4o4r-Og4~VZO~3x1O~Lb0Th1dzOWu2cSXI9WR0ObObEeB160WMKiPs5cOpEjDyRzBqZiLXmJgff-nilX-MIaVE~CTZhaE3G0AKCMSoUpGmIS~mezgQJcJWmQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Massachusetts Senate on a voice vote ordered two separate bills creating sick-leave banks for state employees to be engrossed after third readings. The measures were taken from the orders of the day and read in full before the chamber voted to pass each bill to be engrossed.

Both measures were procedural as read: \"An act establishing a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, House No. 4230,\" and \"An act establishing a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Correction, House No. 4322.\" After the readings the chair put the question on passing each bill to be engrossed and the chamber responded, \"Aye,\" the chair said, and each bill was passed to be engrossed.

For the Carlos Borges measure, the committee on bills in the third reading submitted a report recommending consolidation with Senate No. 2562 and noted a drafting correction; the Senate accepted that report and then passed the consolidated measure to be engrossed. No roll-call vote totals were recorded on the floor record provided; the chamber acted by voice vote. The actions were procedural orders advancing the measures toward enrollment and further legislative consideration.

The readings and votes occurred during the Senate's routine floor business; no debate on the merits of the individual sick-leave bank requests was recorded in the transcript segments provided. The clerk read the measures and the chair called for the ayes and noes before announcing the outcomes.","The Massachusetts Senate ordered two bills establishing sick-leave banks for named state employees to be engrossed after third readings and accepted a committee consolidation for one measure.","actionData","errors"]

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