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Senate orders several house bills to third reading and enacts miscellaneous measures in brief session actions
Summary
On multiple procedural questions the Massachusetts Senate ordered numerous House bills to third reading and enacted a handful of bills with little floor debate, including a bill authorizing MWRA sewer service to a parcel in Sharon and passage of a bond terms bill after adoption of an emergency preamble.
The Massachusetts Senate took up a series of procedural and final‑passage actions on multiple House bills and ceremonial resolutions during the session excerpt. Most items were handled without extended debate; the clerk read the measures and the Senate either ordered bills to a third reading, passed bills to be engrossed, or enacted them.
Key procedural and final actions recorded in the transcript excerpt include: - Reconsideration and third reading order on the House bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to provide sewer services to a parcel of land in the town of Sharon (House No. 4009). The chamber ordered the bill for a third reading and the clerk recorded that the bill was read a third time and passed to be engrossed.
- The Senate adopted an emergency preamble and then passed an act providing for the terms of certain bonds to be issued by the Commonwealth (House No. 4413). The emergency preamble was adopted by voice and the clerk recorded that the bill was laid before the governor for approval.
- The Senate ordered several other house bills to third reading or enacted them with no extended discussion, including: - An act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of (transcript: “Native”) from the civil service law (House No. 3901) — bill ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. - An act removing the town of Hull from the Eastern Regional Commission on the Status of Women (House No. 2313, as read in transcript). - An act increasing membership of the select board of the town of Lanesbury (transcript citation: House No. 4056). - An act authorizing the treasurer of the town of Norton to make certain payments (transcript citation: House No. 4348).
- The clerk also read several resolutions and commendations (examples recorded in the transcript: a citation for the Castle Island Association’s Bill Spain; commemorations for the Second Congregational Church in Beverly; recognition of National Magic Week and other ceremonial matters). The Senate adopted a package of three such resolutions without debate.
Items for which the transcript provides limited detail: For many orders the transcript records only the bill title and the action (ordered to third reading, passed to be engrossed, or enacted) and does not include bill text, fiscal notes, or recorded roll-call tallies in the excerpt provided. Where the transcript’s spoken town name or bill number was unclear, the article marks that information as taken verbatim from the floor transcript.
Votes and outcomes at a glance (as recorded in the excerpt): - House No. 4009 (MWRA sewer service to parcel in Sharon): third reading ordered; read a third time; passed to be engrossed. - House No. 4413 (terms of certain Commonwealth bonds): emergency preamble adopted; bill passed and laid before the governor for approval. - House No. 3901 (assistant fire chief civil service exemption, town name in transcript: "Native"): ordered to third reading; passed to be engrossed. - House No. 2313, 4056, 4348 and multiple other second- and third-reading matters: ordered to third reading or enacted as announced on the floor; transcript gives bill numbers and short titles but does not include full bill text in the excerpt.
