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Mass. House suspends rules, adopts committee extensions and advances multiple bills
Summary
The Massachusetts House voted to suspend rules to extend committee reporting deadlines, concurred with a Senate petition on highway easements, advanced several local charter and personnel bills and adjourned to meet Wednesday at 11 a.m.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Nov. 19 suspended its rules to adopt a series of committee orders extending reporting deadlines, concurred with a Senate petition authorizing easements in Milton and advanced several bills to third reading or engrossing before adjourning to meet Wednesday at 11 a.m.
The action began with the House committee on rules reporting that multiple orders to extend committee reporting deadlines "ought to be adopted." The House suspended the rules by voice vote and adopted orders extending deadlines for the committees on education (House No. 46209), labor and workforce development (House No. 4626), municipalities and regional government (House No. 4628) and public health (House Nos. 4627, 4630, 4631). Those orders set new internal deadlines for the respective committees to report on pending House documents.
Why it matters: suspending rules to extend reporting deadlines…
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