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Massachusetts House suspends rules, adopts amendment to assault-on-transit-worker bill and advances multiple local measures
Summary
The Massachusetts House suspended rules to expedite business, adopted a further amendment to House Bill 4,645 (assault and battery upon a transit worker) and passed the engrossed bill for enactment; it also approved a civil‑service age exception and several local bills before adjourning and scheduling a reconvening Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.
The Massachusetts House on the floor moved quickly through committee reports and procedural votes, suspending rules to consider several measures, adopting a further amendment to House Bill 4,645 on assault and battery upon a transit worker, and passing that bill for enactment.
The session opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and routine committee reports. The committee on rules recommended extending the time for the committee on public health to report on a House document (House No. 4,773), which the House adopted after a motion to suspend the rules by Mr. Wong and a voice vote in which the presiding officer declared, "The ayes have it." The House also voted to suspend joint rule 12 to consider several petitions, including a request by Daniel W. Gregoire regarding the recording of a…
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