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Massachusetts House clears broad slate of bills, including pharmaceutical access and market-review reforms
Summary
The Massachusetts House passed a wide package of measures during a routine session, approving a pharmaceutical access bill, reforms to the market-review process, an animal-welfare measure and pilot programs on nature-based climate resilience, and renaming a state executive office. Several items required separate constitutional or division votes.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a broad set of bills and resolves during a session that included committee reports, suspensions of rules for expedited consideration and multiple final-passage votes.
Among the measures the chamber passed were Senate 3012, an act on pharmaceutical access, cost and transparency; House 5159, an act enhancing the market-review process; a bill addressing inhumane feline declawing as amended; and Senate 2922, establishing a pilot program for nature-based climate-resilience solutions. The House also advanced the bill to rename the Executive Office of Elder Affairs to the Executive Office of Aging and Independence.
The session began with routine formalities, including the Pledge of Allegiance led by the presiding officer. Committee reporters presented…
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