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Massachusetts House suspends rules, adopts ceremonial resolutions and advances several bills to engrossing
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Summary
In a brief session, the Massachusetts House suspended rules to adopt ceremonial resolutions, referred a petition on manufactured housing, ordered multiple bills to third reading and passed several measures to be engrossed; the House adjourned to meet Tuesday next at 11 a.m.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives convened and quickly moved through routine business on May 20, 2025, suspending certain rules to adopt ceremonial resolutions, referring a petition on manufactured housing to committee and advancing several bills toward final consideration.
Committee on Rules Chair (unnamed in the transcript) reported a set of resolutions recommended for adoption, including recognition of the 100th anniversary of Airhill Farms in Adams and a congratulatory resolution from Representative Linsky of Natick honoring Fiona White for receiving the Girl Scouts of the USA Gold Award. The House suspended the rules by voice vote after a motion from Mister Wong of Saugus and adopted the resolutions.
The House also received a joint committee report on a petition from James K. Hawkins concerning establishment of a board to oversee use of occupancy payments for manufactured housing community accommodations in Attleboro; the measure was referred to the Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government after the House suspended joint rule 12 on a motion from Mister Consolvo of Boston.
Members heard a scheduling report from the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling listing bills to be scheduled for consideration, including measures on electronic protections for bank names and trademarks (H.1102), updates to references in state banking law (H.1232), a local-option real estate tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians (H.3132), and several other local and administrative bills.
After suspending Rule 7A on a motion by Miss Badger of Plymouth, the clerk read the titles of multiple bills for second reading and the House ordered them to a third reading by voice vote.
On third reading the House passed several bills to be engrossed by voice vote: House Bill 4185 (an act relative to the nomination process for town meeting candidates in Milford), House Bill 4374 (designating an overpass in Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torvill Veteran Memorial Overpass), House Bill 4391 (an act directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Alex J. Rodriguez), and a bill relative to the charter of the town of Westwood (listed in the transcript as House Bill 4753/House No. 40753). Each measure was passed to be engrossed; the transcript records only voice votes and does not include roll-call tallies.
Mister Mariano of Quincy moved an order that, when the House adjourned, it adjourn to meet Tuesday next at 11:00 a.m.; the House adopted the order by voice vote. Mister Wong of Saugus moved to adjourn and the House stood adjourned to meet Tuesday next at 11:00 a.m. in an informal session.
The session consisted primarily of procedural motions, committee reports and uncontested passage-to-engrossing of bills. No roll-call votes or recorded objections appear in the transcript.
