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House extends committee deadlines and advances multiple bills on third reading

House of Representatives ยท February 17, 2026

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Summary

The House voted to suspend rules and adopted multiple orders extending committee reporting deadlines (largely to March 18) and passed a slate of bills on third reading, including a charter amendment for Agawam and a local ballot authorization for Arlington.

The House of Representatives spent a portion of its session approving a series of procedural orders and advancing several bills on third reading.

The Committee on Rules reported and the House adopted multiple orders extending the time by which standing committees must report on current House documents. Orders mentioned in the record extended reporting deadlines for the Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities (House No. 5069), the Committee on Education (House No. 5123), the Committee on Housing (House Nos. 4923 and 4932) and committees on municipalities and revenue (House Nos. 5067, 5079, 5124), generally extending deadlines to Wednesday, March 18, 2026, unless otherwise noted. Each order was considered after a motion to suspend the rules was moved and the House recorded "the ayes have it." The transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies.

On third reading, the House passed a bill amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam; the House recorded the passage as "passed to be enacted." The House also passed a bill authorizing the board of the town of Arlington to place on a town ballot a question increasing the number of off-premises alcoholic beverage licenses. Additional bills were reported released by committees and passed to be engrossed.

The House adopted an order that when it adjourned it would stand adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11:00 a.m., and Mister Soder of Bellingham moved the final adjournment.

The session record lists the House action outcomes (adopted orders, passed bills to be enacted or engrossed) but does not include detailed roll-call counts or full bill texts in the transcript.