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House suspends joint rule 12, refers multiple petitions and advances local bills
Summary
The House suspended Joint Rule 12, referred several petitions—including education reporting and applied behavior analysis reimbursement matters—to standing committees, ordered numerous bills to third reading and passed local measures including a Melrose senior tax exemption.
The Massachusetts House on Thursday suspended Joint Rule 12 and referred several petitions to standing committees, then ordered multiple bills to third reading and passed local measures, the chamber announced.
The action opened a slate of procedural decisions that will move several policy items into committee review. Suspending Joint Rule 12 allowed petitions transmitted from the Senate to be referred without the usual delay.
A petition from Michael O'Moore seeking legislation to establish compliance with federal education reporting requirements for students placed out of home was referred to the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. The referral was announced after the petition was read into the record.
A separate petition from Michael O'Moore on applied behavior analysis…
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