House adopts orders extending committee reporting deadlines to March 18, 2026

The Massachusetts House of Representatives on the floor voted to suspend its rules and adopt a series of orders extending committee reporting deadlines to Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The orders apply to multiple committees and specified House documents, including House No. 4922 (Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure), House No. 4921 (Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery), and House No. 4920 (Public Safety and Homeland Security).

The Committee on Rules reported each order to the House and recommended adoption. For the House No. 4922 order, the report identified the filing by "representatives Chan of Quincy and keep of Worcester." Mr. Wong moved to suspend the rules to consider the orders; the House vocal roll call produced the result announced by the presiding officer: "The ayes have it" and "Rules are suspended." Following the suspensions, the House voted to adopt each order; the Chair announced, "The order is adopted."

Why it matters: extending reporting deadlines gives affected committees additional time to consider and report on the listed House documents before the next legislative steps. The extensions are administrative and do not themselves change the substance of the underlying bills or documents.

What was adopted: the orders extend the time to report on the named documents to March 18, 2026 for the committees and House numbers specified by the Committee on Rules. The House recorded the procedural motions, suspensions of rules, and subsequent adoptions in the session.

Next steps: the affected committees will have until the newly adopted date to complete review and file their reports; no substantive committee actions were recorded on the floor during the adoption of these orders.