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Massachusetts House suspends rules, adopts ceremonial resolutions and sets next meeting
Summary
In a brief session, the Massachusetts House of Representatives suspended rules to consider several petitions, adopted a slate of ceremonial resolutions honoring residents and organizations across the state, and voted to adjourn to a formal session Thursday at 11 a.m.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives met for a brief formal session in which members voted to suspend rules, adopt a package of ceremonial resolutions and adjourn to meet Thursday at 11 a.m.
The House’s Committee on Rules reported recommendations that a set of resolutions be adopted, including recognitions filed by Representative Hogan of Stow congratulating Deborah M. Russell on being named a 2025 Commonwealth heroine by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women; resolutions by Representative Ferrante of Gloucester honoring amateur radio operators for Amateur Radio Week and Field Day; a resolution by Representative Rogers of Cambridge congratulating Anne Covino Goldenberg on her 100th birthday; and resolutions by Representatives Sullivan Almeida of Abington and Plouffe of Brockton honoring Nancy G. Veil on the occasion of her retirement from the East Bridgewater Council on Aging. The committee’s report also listed honors filed by Representative Tarski of Needham for Kate Fitzpatrick’s 35 years of service to Needham and by Representatives Viera and Mokeley of Falmouth congratulating a group referenced in the record as "the 300" on its 40th anniversary.
Members moved to suspend the rules to consider the resolutions and other petitions. The motion to suspend the rules was put and the chair announced the ayes carried; the resolutions were then adopted by voice vote. Separately, the committee recommended suspending Joint Rule 12 on two petitions: one filed by Bruce J. Ayers regarding "paternal organizations conducting bazaars" to be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and a petition by Bradley H. Jones Jr. and others regarding a municipal tax amnesty program to be referred to the Committee on Revenue. A motion to suspend Joint Rule 12 was moved and the chair announced the ayes carried.
The House adopted an order that when the House adjourned that day it should stand adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11:00 a.m., and later a motion that the House stand adjourned was moved and approved. The transcript records the formal confirmations by voice vote but does not record roll-call tallies.
These actions were procedural: the suspensions allowed the chamber to take up the listed resolutions and to refer the two petitions to the named standing committees for further consideration. No policy measures or substantive committee reports beyond the ceremonial resolutions and referrals were debated or decided in the recorded segment.
The session closed with the chamber set to reconvene Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
