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Massachusetts Senate passes multiple bills, enacts sick-leave bank and adjourns in memory of Rep. Anne Margaret Ferrante
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate on an afternoon session passed a slate of municipal and personnel bills — including creation of a sick-leave bank for a Department of Correction employee (H4587) — and adjourned in memory of state representative Anne Margaret Ferrante after a remembrance delivered by Senator Tarr.
The Massachusetts Senate convened, took up a slate of bills, and adjourned in memory of state representative Anne Margaret Ferrante.
The chamber adopted an emergency preamble and held a standing vote on "An act established in a sickly bank for David A. Russell" (H4587), after which the clerk reported two members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative; the emergency preamble was adopted and the bill was subsequently enacted and sent to the governor for approval, the presiding officer said.
Senators also passed a series of primarily municipal measures taken from the Orders of the Day. Among them, the chamber advanced and passed Senate file No. 1919 (a retirement bill for a former Westfield firefighter) and took up House…
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