House moves local bills and approves water-supply bill for Linfield Center district

The Massachusetts House ordered several locally focused bills for third reading and passed a bill authorizing water service to a Linfield Center district to be engrossed. The Committee on Steering Policy and Scheduling reported that the bills be scheduled for consideration by the House, and the House ordered the listed bills to third reading. Among the local measures scheduled were House Bill 2270, authorizing the Town of Avon to appoint a town clerk; House Bill 2275, authorizing the City of Revere to pay a sum to Denise Menacher, widow of school committee member Anthony Menacher; and House Number 4004, validating results of a special election in the Town of Hardwick held January 18, 2025. The House ordered those bills for third reading. On a separate item, the House passed to be engrossed House Bill 972, an act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District within the town of Linfield. The presiding officer put the question to a voice vote and announced that the ayes had it, and the record shows the bill was passed to be engrossed. The transcript does not record floor debate on the substantive merits of the local bills or the Linfield water-authority bill in the provided excerpt. Further committee reports, committee hearings, or enacted text details would appear in later legislative records.