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Massachusetts Senate approves Hanson conservation restriction amendment, sick-leave bank and Scituate liquor licenses; several measures referred to committee
Summary
In a brief session, the Massachusetts Senate adopted an amendment to a Hanson conservation restriction bill, approved a sick-leave bank for a state employee, and approved additional liquor licenses for Scituate; petitions on inflammatory breast cancer awareness and survivors' orders were referred to committees.
The Massachusetts Senate met and moved multiple measures forward on third reading, adopting amendments and ordering bills to be engrossed while referring several petitions to joint committees.
The chamber took up an act to further regulate amendments to a conservation restriction in the town of Hanson (Senate No. 1425). A senator from the 2nd Plymouth and Norfolk presented an amendment; a colleague moved to substitute a new draft (Senate No. 2895). The Senate adopted the amendment by voice vote and then passed the bill to be engrossed.
The Senate then considered a House bill to establish a sick-leave bank for Marie Latandra, an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance (House No. 4565).…
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