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Votes at a glance: multiple bills on Nov. 20 House calendar, including Foxborough, Upton and appropriation measures
Summary
The Massachusetts House took up numerous third-reading items Nov. 20, advancing several Senate and local bills (including Senate 2141 on Foxborough State Hospital and Senate 2576 on Upton land disposals) and passing an appropriation measure; some votes were recorded division-by-division or by roll call.
BOSTON — During its Nov. 20 session, the Massachusetts House recorded votes on multiple third-reading items and local measures. Several bills were advanced with separate constitutional division votes; others were passed by voice votes or roll-call procedures.
Notable outcomes recorded in the transcript include:
- Senate Bill 2141 (Foxborough State Hospital): Separate division votes resulted in a recorded total of 64 in the affirmative, none in the negative; the emergency preamble was adopted.
- Senate Bill 2576 (Upton land disposal): Separate division votes produced a 59-0 affirmative tally and adoption of the emergency preamble.
- House Bill 47 61 (appropriations for FY2025 supplement and projects): Separate division votes recorded 52 in the affirmative, none in the negative; the emergency preamble was adopted.
Several additional local-charter, easement and municipal matters (including authorization for the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in Lowell, and land/agricultural-preservation measures for Westford and Westwood) were taken up; where the transcript does not include precise tallies, the record indicates the House "passed to be engrossed" or "passed to be enacted" and the House took concurrence or final passage actions as entered on the calendar (tallies not specified in the transcript excerpt). The clerk’s announcements and multiple roll-call openings and closings appear at several points in the record.
The House concluded the day by adopting an order to adjourn and reconvene the following day at 11 a.m.
