Senate temporary rules committee proposes transparency and timing changes; roll-call fights over notice and docket limits
The Senate's temporary rules committee proposed changes to Senate and joint rules to increase transparency, require posting of joint-committee votes and strengthen bill summaries and notice requirements; some member amendments seeking longer notice and narrower committee dockets were rejected.
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The Massachusetts Senate's temporary rules committee presented a set of proposed rule changes intended to increase transparency and streamline legislative workflow, prompting debate over hearing notice periods, the number of bills a committee may calendar and public access to committee work.
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