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Mass. House suspends rules for Watertown tax petition, advances local bills and passes firefighter age exemptions and a sick-leave bank
Summary
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to suspend procedural rules to move a Watertown tax-classification petition to the Committee on Revenue, scheduled several locally focused bills for consideration, ordered bills to third reading, and passed three firefighter age-exemption bills and a sick-leave bank bill to be enacted.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives took a series of procedural and local actions during a floor session, suspending standing rules to move a Watertown property-tax petition to committee, scheduling local charter and municipal bills for consideration, and approving several individual-person bills.
The chamber voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 so the petition of Steven Owens, with Watertown city council approval, could be referred to the Committee on Revenue for consideration of property tax classifications for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent years. Rep. Wong of Saugus moved to suspend the rules; the chair put the question and the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The House also accepted a report from the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling that placed…
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