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Mass. House suspends Joint Rule 12 and advances package of local bills to third reading

5557717 · July 21, 2025
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 and moved a group of local and municipal bills — including measures affecting special elections, municipal charters and sewer services — forward to third reading during a floor session, the clerk announced.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted during its floor session to suspend Joint Rule 12 and advance a package of local and municipal bills to third reading, the clerk announced.

The action allows a set of locally focused measures — including bills on special elections in Cheshire (House No. 801), sewer service authorizations for a parcel in Sharon (House Nos. 1024 and 4009), fines and a dedicated fund for animal shelter improvements (House No. 2247), amendments to the town charters of Sandwich (House No. 2357) and a charter for the city…

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