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House schedules multiple local bills and advances Melrose senior exemption, Cambridge charter and municipal license bills
Summary
The House scheduled several bills for consideration and ordered certain local measures to third reading or to be engrossed, including a Melrose means-tested senior property tax exemption and a Cambridge charter establishing a city charter; several other local bills were placed on the calendar for further consideration.
The House’s steering committee recommended a slate of local bills for consideration, and members voted to schedule and advance several measures to later stages of floor action.
The committee on steering policy and scheduling recommended that bills be scheduled for consideration, including an act dedicating park and field space in South Boston (House No. 899), an act establishing memorial markers in Milton and Canton for law enforcement officers (House No. 1069), and an act providing for sustainable water resource funds (House No. 2324). The committee also recommended consideration of a revised charter for the town of Millis and local measures in Hanson, Haverhill and Cambridge.
The House suspended Rule 7A to consider second readings and then ordered the listed bills to a third reading. On third reading actions recorded on the floor, the House passed an act authorizing the City of Melrose to establish a means‑tested senior citizen property tax exemption (House No. 3979) and passed an act establishing a charter for the city of Cambridge (House No. 4156) to be engrossed. An act authorizing an additional all‑alcohol license not to be drunk on the premises for the town identified in the record as House No. 4273 was also passed to be engrossed.
Members voted by voice to suspend the relevant rules and to order the bills forward; the chair announced the ayes carried. No amendments or changes to the substantive provisions of the bills were recorded on the floor during the session. The clerk was instructed to return the chamber to informal session on Thursday at 11:00 a.m., as the House adopted an order to adjourn to that time.
