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Mass. House adopts ceremonial resolutions, refers battery-storage petitions, and advances a package of bills
Summary
The Massachusetts House of Representatives adopted two ceremonial resolutions, suspended rules to refer battery-storage petitions, scheduled several bills for further consideration and advanced multiple measures to third reading or final passage during an informal session recorded in the transcript.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives adopted two ceremonial resolutions, suspended rules to refer petitions on battery storage to committee, scheduled several bills for further consideration and advanced multiple measures to third reading or final passage during an informal session recorded in the transcript.
The House adopted resolutions congratulating Mary Shanley on her 100th birthday and recognizing Thomas Sagedorff for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. The committee on rules recommended adoption of both resolutions; Rep. Donato of Medford moved suspension of the rules to consider them, and the House adopted the resolutions by voice vote (counts not specified).
The House suspended joint rule 12 to refer three petitions related to battery storage facilities. The petitions—filed in the transcript as by "Kelly WPs and Lindsey N. Sabadosa" regarding battery storage facility permitting and penalties for noncompliance; by "Kelly WPs and Lindsey N. Sabadosa" for legislation to establish buffer zones for battery storage facilities; and by "Kelly WPs, Lindsey N. Sabadosa and Donald R. Berthia, Jr" relative to lithium battery storage facilities—were referred to the Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government and to the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy as indicated in the committee report. The suspension and referrals were adopted by voice vote (counts not specified).
The Committee on Steering Policy and Scheduling reported a set of house bills for consideration and the House ordered the listed bills to continue in the legislative process. Bills mentioned for scheduling or further reading in the transcript include: - An act relative to seeds (House No. 150) - An act to protect children from the use of alcohol and marijuana (House No. 154) - An act to protect library patron privacy (House No. 638) - An act relative to restricted vital records (House No. 3393) - An act authorizing the town of Cohasset to grant five additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises (House No. 4561; local approval received) - An act establishing a sick leave bank for David A. Russell, an employee of the Department of Corrections (House No. 4587) - An act establishing a sick leave bank for Jean McCarron (House No. 4624)
The House ordered those bills to a third reading where indicated, again by voice vote (counts not specified).
Several bills were released by the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading and were passed "to be engrossed" by voice vote. The transcript identifies the following measures as passed to be engrossed: - An act authorizing Thomas Harmon to purchase creditable service from the Barnstable County retirement board (House No. 2998) - An act authorizing the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer (House No. 3916; title changed by committee) - An act in the town of Hanson concerning local licenses and permits denial, revocation, or suspension for failure to comply with conditions of approval (House No. 3953) - An act providing a simplified procedure for the layout and acceptance of subdivision roads in the city of Marlborough (House No. 4439; title changed by committee)
An engrossed bill providing for the terms of certain bonds to be issued by the Commonwealth (House No. 4413) was presented as "rightly and truly prepared for final passage" and passed to be enacted by voice vote; specific yea/nay counts were not recorded in the transcript.
The House adopted an order that, when it adjourned that day, it adjourn to meet Monday next at 11:00 a.m.; the House then agreed to adjourn and stood adjourned to meet Monday at 11 a.m.
The actions in the transcript were primarily procedural (suspensions of rules, committee referrals, scheduling, and passage to engrossment or enactment). Where the transcript records voice votes, the record states the outcome but does not specify numeric tallies or roll-call votes.
