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Mass. House concurs with Senate amendment and passes House Bill 62 to extend COVID‑19 measures
Summary
The Massachusetts House of Representatives concurred with a Senate amendment to House Bill 62 and passed the bill, which extends certain COVID‑19 measures adopted during the state of emergency; the chamber adopted the bill’s emergency preamble by a recorded division count of three in the affirmative and completed final passage by voice vote.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives on a session day concurred with a Senate amendment and passed House Bill 62, described in the chamber as “an act extending certain COVID‑19 measures adopted during the state of emergency.”
The committee on bills in third reading reported that the Senate amendment to House Bill 62 was “correctly drawn,” and the House voted to concur with that amendment before moving to the constitutionally required separate vote on the bill’s emergency preamble. Monitors reported division counts of 0, 2, 0 and 1 across the four divisions, yielding three votes in the affirmative and zero in the negative; the chair announced the emergency preamble adopted. The House then completed final passage by voice vote; the clerk announced, “The ayes have it and the bill is passed to be enacted.”
The bill was presented to the chamber as an extension…
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