The Massachusetts House on 2025-11-03 voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 to consider several petitions and concurred with a Senate petition seeking protection for assisted-living residents against unfair or deceptive billing.

Clerk read a petition from Senator Mark C. Montigny "for legislation to protect assisted living residents from unfair and deceptive billing practices" and reported that it "comes from the Senate with the endorsement that it has been referred under suspension of joint rule 12 to the committee on housing." The House recorded concurrence on a voice vote: "All those in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes have it. The House concurs." The transcript does not provide a roll-call tally.

Separately, the committee on rules, acting concurrently, reported recommending suspension of Joint Rule 12 for additional petitions. The transcript cites the petition of Christopher M. Markey and Steven George Zaros "for legislation to establish penalties for reckless or negligent operation of a vehicle and hindering the movement of other vehicles" (recommended to the Committee on the Judiciary) and a petition of Angelo J. Puopolo Jr. and others "for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the governor to designate May 2 as veterinary youth day" (recommended to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight). Representative Owens moved to suspend the rule; the motion passed on a voice vote and the suspension was recorded in the transcript.

All rule suspensions and referrals in the record were handled by voice vote; the House did not provide recorded member-by-member vote tallies in the transcript.