Senate suspends rules and advances House bill to create annual stipend for Bridgewater to third reading

The Senate suspended its rules to consider House Bill 2268 and ordered the measure to a third reading. The clerk read the paper as "an act establishing an annual stipend for the city known as the town of Bridgewater," and the presiding officer put the question on ordering the bill with a third reading; the ayes prevailed.

Senator Collins moved to suspend the rules to allow the matter to be considered forthwith; the motion was agreed to without objection and the bill was ordered to a third reading. The transcript excerpt contains no recorded debate, amendments, or a roll‑call tally.

The action advances the bill procedurally; the transcript does not include details on stipend size, funding source, or effective date.