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House adopts commemorative resolution, concurs with sick-leave petition and suspends Joint Rule 12
Summary
During a brief session the House adopted a resolution honoring Revolutionary War veterans from East Longmeadow, concurred with a Senate petition to create a sick leave bank for a trial court employee, approved suspension of Joint Rule 12 to refer a travel-insurance petition to committee, and adopted an order to adjourn to Monday at 11 a.m.
The House adopted a resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and honoring Revolutionary War veterans from the town of East Longmeadow, concurred with a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for a trial court employee, and approved suspensions of rules to refer petitions to committee, the chamber recorded during a short session that ended with an adjournment to meet Monday at 11:00 a.m.
The resolution commemorating the “200 and fiftieth anniversary of the American Revolution” and honoring veterans from East Longmeadow was reported by the Committee on Rules and adopted by the House after members voted “aye.” The committee report identified the resolution sponsors as Representative Ash of Longmeadow and Representative Pupelo of Springfield. The House approved the measure by voice vote; the minutes record “the ayes have it.”
Separately, the House received a petition from the Senate filed by Sen. Mark C. Montigny and Sen. Mark D. Sylvia seeking legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Andrew Cetera, an employee of the trial court. The House voted to concur with the Senate petition by voice vote; the transcript records that “the ayes have it” and that “the House concurs.” No further debate or vote tally was recorded in the transcript.
The Committee on Rules also recommended suspending Joint Rule 12 to refer a petition from Tacky Chan related to travel insurance to the Committee on Financial Services. Representative Kane of Shrewsbury moved suspension of the rules and the House approved the suspension by voice vote; the record states “Joint Rule 12 is suspended.” Earlier in the session, Representative Wong moved suspension of the rules to advance the commemorative resolutions; that motion was likewise approved by voice vote.
The chamber adopted an order that, when the House adjourned that day, it would reconvene Monday next at 11:00 a.m. The order was adopted by voice vote. Later, Representative Kane moved that the House adjourn; the motion carried and the House stood adjourned to meet Monday at 11:00 a.m. in an informal session.
All recorded approvals in the transcript were taken by voice vote; the record does not show roll-call tallies or formal recorded votes for these items. The session consisted primarily of committee reports and procedural motions with no extended debate recorded in the provided transcript.
