Votes at a glance: House orders bills to third reading and passes several to be engrossed

The Massachusetts House on 2025-11-03 moved multiple bills through second reading and ordered them to third reading, and it passed several bills to be engrossed by voice vote.

Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a set of house bills to be scheduled, including an act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District (House No. 924), a technical change to the George L. Darrie Inland Fisheries and Game Fund (House No. 1064 as read in the transcript), and other local measures. The House suspended relevant rules for second reading and ordered the listed bills to a third reading by voice vote.

Later in the session the Clerk informed the chamber that Senate Bill No. 23 had been released by the Committee on Bills in Third Reading. Senate Bill 23 ("An act authorizing the appointment of alternate members to the conservation commission of the town of Swampscott") was passed to be engrossed on a voice vote. The House likewise passed the following bills to be engrossed, as recorded in the transcript by voice votes: House No. 2879 ("An act authorizing the continued employment of Stephen A. Hilliger, a firefighter of the town of Lancaster"), House No. 3977 ("An act providing for alternate members of the conservation commission of the town of Beckett"), and House No. 4529 ("An act designating the Wider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts"). The transcript also notes House Bill 4259 was released by the Committee on Bills in Third Reading; the record does not include further floor action for H.4259 in the provided transcript.

All floor actions recorded in the transcript were taken by voice vote with the chamber responding "ayes" or "the ayes have it." The transcript does not provide member-by-member roll-call tallies for the listed votes.