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Senate advances multiple local bills and orders several measures to final passage
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Summary
The Massachusetts Senate took up a slate of local and technical bills, adopting committee amendments and ordering several to third reading; five measures were enacted for transmission to the governor and multiple other bills were ordered to be engrossed.
The Massachusetts Senate considered a package of local and committee-reported measures during its session. By unanimous consent and routine motions to suspend the rules, the chamber adopted committee amendments, ordered several bills to a third reading and passed a set of five measures to be signed by the president and laid before the governor.
Among the items enacted were measures authorizing additional local alcoholic beverage licenses, adjustments to local public works boards, and continuation of municipal appointments: the Senate enacted five bills described on the floor as authorizing additional liquor licenses in Providence and Westford, amending the Board of Public Works in Lee, increasing select board membership in Lancaster, and continuing employment of an assistant fire chief in Lee. The president announced the enactments will be signed and transmitted to the governor for her approbation.
Several other matters were taken up and ordered to third reading after committee substitutions or Ways and Means amendments, including a house bill on money transmission regulation (H.4840) as substituted by Senate document 2997; a recall statute for the town of Williamstown (H.5002) substituted by S.2990; conveyance authorizations for parcels in Brookfield and Stoneham (S.2822→S.2991; H.4965→S.2998); and bills to increase access to blood donation (S.1372→S.2994). Each of these measures was adopted with committee-recommended substitutes or amendments and then ordered to be engrossed.
Votes on procedural and passage motions were recorded on the floor by voice or unanimous consent. A standing count on an emergency preamble related to MBTA facility siting (H.4236) was recorded as four in the affirmative and none in the negative; other roll calls were taken by voice and recorded by the presiding officer as “the ayes have it.”
Next steps: The enacted measures will be signed by the Senate president and forwarded to the governor. Measures ordered to third reading may return for final passage on subsequent days, as the Senate noted an adjournment to meet again on Monday at 11 a.m.
