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Massachusetts House adopts special procedures to speed consideration of energy-affordability bills
Summary
The House adopted an order under House Rule 7b and 7c to establish special procedures for bills tied to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness (House No. 5151); the order was adopted by voice vote, according to the Committee on Rules.
The Massachusetts House adopted an order establishing special procedures to consider bills related to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness, the Committee on Rules reported on the floor.The committee said the order was filed under House Rule 7b and 7c as House No. 5151 and recommended adoption; the chamber approved the order by voice vote, with the presiding officer concluding, “The ayes have it.”
The committee report invoked House Rule 7b and 7c when recommending the special procedures; the House approved suspension of the rules and then adopted the order without a recorded roll-call. The House did not record further details of how those special procedures will change committee or floor practice in the transcript.
