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Senate suspends rules to consider several town charter bills; orders third readings
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate agreed to suspend rules and ordered several House bills concerning town charters and local office terms to a third reading, including measures for Acushnet, Provincetown, Holden and Chicopee.
During routine business, the Massachusetts Senate granted unanimous consent to suspend rules and consider several House bills forthwith, then ordered each to a third reading.
Sen. O'Connor, the senator from First Plymouth and Norfolk, asked unanimous consent to suspend the rules so the Senate could consider House bills related to charters and local office terms for multiple municipalities, including Acushnet (House No. 2341), Provincetown (House Nos. 4175 and 4176), the town of Holden (House No. 4211, changing the term of the elected moderator), and the city of Chicopee (House No. 4542, making the charter gender-neutral). The chair reported no objection and the bills were ordered to a third reading.
These actions were procedural steps on the Senate calendar; the transcript records the unanimous-consent requests and the chair's statement that there was no objection. No floor debate or amendments were recorded in the transcript segments covering these items.
