Senate advances supplemental budget, land-disposal and other measures in early session votes
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Summary
The Massachusetts Senate voted to enact a Foxborough land-use release and a supplemental FY2025 budget (House No. 4761). The chamber also passed to engross a Westwood agricultural-preservation release (House No. 4362).
The Massachusetts Senate recorded several early-session formal actions before taking up the cannabis modernization bill.
Foxborough land use: The Senate passed an act related to the release or amendment of use restrictions for Foxborough State Hospital (Senate No. 2141, amended) by voice vote; the president announced the bill is passed to be enacted and will be forwarded to the governor.
Supplemental budget: The clerk called a roll on House No. 4761, a supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal 2025, and recorded 37 senators voting in the affirmative and none in the negative. The president announced the bill passed to be enacted and will be signed and laid before the governor.
Westwood agricultural preservation: On third reading, the Senate considered House No. 4362, an act authorizing the town of Westwood to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westwood Gateway LLC. The chamber voted to pass the bill to be engrossed.
Procedural note: These actions were announced early in the day's session; subsequent proceedings took up a lengthy debate on the cannabis modernization bill.
