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House adopts two resolutions and passes amended fiscal 2025 supplemental appropriations bill
Summary
The House suspended rules to adopt two ceremonial resolutions and later approved House 58 (as amended), an omnibus supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal 2025, after separate roll-call votes on its emergency preamble and final passage.
The House suspended its rules to adopt two ceremonial resolutions and later passed House 58 (as amended), an act making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025, following separate roll-call votes on the bill—s emergency preamble and on final passage.
The resolutions— one commemorating the 100th birthday of Leona Douglass Barrett of Webster and another commending the New England Hemophilia Association for recognizing March 2025 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month — were recommended by the temporary committee on rules and were adopted after the House suspended the rules.
Why it matters: House 58 is a supplemental appropriations measure for fiscal 2025. The House adopted the bill—s emergency preamble (a separate constitutional vote) and then approved the amended bill itself, actions that advance the measure toward enactment or any subsequent steps required by law.
Procedural steps and key votes: The clerk announced that the emergency preamble to House 58 required a separate vote under the constitution. An initial roll-call sequence produced a tally reported as 43 in the affirmative and 24 in the negative, and the clerk declared the emergency preamble adopted. After a motion for reconsideration and a roll-call audit, the clerk reported a later tally of 62 affirmative and 23 negative, and the emergency preamble was again recorded as adopted. For final passage, Representative Michalowicz of Boston moved that the bill be passed to be enacted; the clerk later displayed a tally of 27 in the affirmative and 23 in the negative, and the clerk announced the bill was passed to be enacted.
Other actions recorded during the session included procedural motions for recess — the House stood in recess until 1 p.m., subject to the call of the chair — and an order that when the House adjourned it would reconvene the following day at 11 a.m.
Votes at a glance: - Resolutions (commemorative and awareness month): Rules suspended; resolutions adopted. (Mover to suspend rules: Mr. Wong; recorded outcome: adopted; roll-call tally not specified.) - House 58 (amended) — emergency preamble: Adopted. Reported tallies in the transcript include 43 yes/24 no (first count) and, after audit, 62 yes/23 no. (Referenced constitutional requirement for a separate vote.) - House 58 (amended) — final passage: Passed to be enacted. Clerk displayed a tally of 27 yes/23 no when the clerk displayed the final tally.
The session included routine floor calls, roll-call procedures, and short recesses; no debate on the substantive provisions of House 58 is recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
