Massachusetts House extends committee deadlines, suspends rules to advance bills and passes several local measures

During a session of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, members approved a series of procedural orders extending committee reporting deadlines, suspended rules to bring multiple measures forward for consideration and passed several bills affecting local charters, personnel and municipal accounts. The House adjourned to meet Wednesday at 11 a.m.

The actions advanced a mix of scheduling and final-passage items that move local and municipal matters toward enactment or further consideration. Several committee extensions set later deadlines for House committees to report on pending documents; other routine procedural votes allowed bills tied to towns and municipal employees to proceed to engrossment or final passage.

Major outcomes passed or sent forward

- House bill 4140 — an act authorizing the town of Wellesley to increase residency limits for members of the police and fire departments — was approved "to be enacted." The Clerk announced the ayes had it and the bill was passed to be enacted.

- House bill 2988 — an act exempting Freddie Castellanda from the maximum age requirement for police officers in the city of Haverhill…