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Senate approves multiple House bills in brief session, including local licensing, sick leave banks and residency changes
Summary
In a short Massachusetts Senate session, members dispensed with several third readings and voice votes, passing measures on a Somerset wine-and-malt license, subdivision road acceptance in Marlborough, sick leave banks for two state employees, and municipal residency rules; all passed bills were ordered sent to the governor for approbation.
The presiding officer (Speaker 1) led the Massachusetts Senate through a compact set of procedural items and voice votes that resulted in the passage of several House bills on third reading.
Among the measures taken up, the Senate passed House No. 4286, described in the record as pertaining to the town of Somerset and authorizing an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be consumed on the premises. After a voice vote, Speaker 1 announced, “The ayes have it. The bill is passed to be grossed.”
The chamber also carried House No. 4439, read as an act providing a simplified procedure for the layout and acceptance of subdivision…
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