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Senate suspends rules and orders House bill on municipal roads and bridges to third reading
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate suspended rules to consider House Bill No. 4307 and ordered it to a third reading; the action occurred by unanimous voice vote after rules were suspended.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate on July 1 suspended its rules to consider a House bill establishing financing for long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, and ordered the measure to a third reading.
The clerk reported that House Bill No. 4307, described on the floor as a measure "establishing financing [for] long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges," had come from the House and was "passed to be engrossed." Senator Tahir moved to suspend the rules so the matter could be considered forthwith; the rules suspension was approved without objection. The chair then put the question on ordering the bill to a third reading; the Senate approved by voice vote and the bill was ordered to a third reading.
The transcript records the procedural actions — the reporting of the House bill, the unanimous suspension of rules, and the voice vote ordering the bill to third reading — but it does not include the bill text, financing details, or any floor debate on the substance of the financing proposal.
Because the transcript does not include the bill text or fiscal detail, the precise financing mechanism, estimated cost, or sources of funds are not specified on the record of this session. Those details will appear in the printed bill or committee reports when the bill is placed on a calendar for further consideration and debate.
The Senate referred other House petitions to committees under suspended joint rule 12 during the same session, and several items were referred to their respective committees as part of the day's processing of House papers.
