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Senate adopts emergency preamble, passes package of local and personnel bills; several measures ordered for further consideration
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate on Nov. 10 adopted an emergency preamble and approved a package of predominantly local and personnel bills, sending them forward for engrossment or enactment.
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).…
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