The Massachusetts Senate on Nov. 10 adopted an emergency preamble and approved a package of bills — mainly local acts and personnel measures — sending them forward for engrossment or enactment.

Clerk announcements and consecutive voice and standing votes resulted in multiple items being passed with no recorded opposition. The emergency preamble was adopted by standing vote; the clerk recorded "2 members having voted in the affirmative, none in the negative" for that roll call. Several House bills were taken out of order by unanimous consent and read a third time for passage to be engrossed.

Votes at a glance: An act relative to vital statistics (emergency preamble adopted; final-passage consideration announced at 00:00:58). House bills authorizing alternate members of conservation commissions, a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority sewer-service measure for a parcel in the town of Sharon, and establishment of a sick leave bank for an employee of the trial court (listed for final passage and recorded as passed to be enacted or engrossed). A House bill providing for filling vacancies in the office of district councilor in the city of Boston (Senate No. 2511) was taken out of order, read a third time, and passed to be engrossed (00:02:29). Multiple other municipal and personnel bills were similarly ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed with no recorded opposition.

Committee actions and scheduling: The Committee on Rules reported a Senate bill addressing challenges facing public libraries and digital resource collections (Senate No. 2710) and the report was accepted; the matter was ordered placed on the orders of the day for second reading on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 (reported at 00:04:44). The committee also reported a bill relating to a commission on LGBTQA (Senate No. 2711/473) and the body accepted the report and placed the draft on the calendar for Thursday with an amendment (00:05:38).

Procedure: Multiple requests for unanimous consent were granted to suspend the rules to allow immediate consideration of incoming House bills. Where voice votes were used the clerk recorded "All those in favor say aye; opposed no; the ayes have it." No recorded roll-call tallies other than the standing vote noted above were read into the record in the transcript.

What the actions mean: For the measures described as "passed to be engrossed" or "passed to be enacted," the bills will be prepared in their final legislative text (engrossed) and, where required, presented to the governor for approval. Items ordered to second reading or placed on the orders of the day remain under the Senate calendar for further consideration on the dates listed by the clerk.

Provenance: The actions above are recorded in the Senate transcript beginning at 00:00:54 (emergency preamble) and continuing through the procedural orders and committee reports through 00:06:55 (committee reports and suspensions of the rules).