The Massachusetts State Senate suspended joint rule 12 by voice vote and referred a House petition to establish LGBTQA parent advisory councils in public schools to the Committee on Education during a brief floor session. The action followed a separate motion to suspend Senate Rule 36 so the matters could be considered forthwith.

The petition was filed in the House by Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Liz Miranda and Samantha Montano and, under the suspension of joint rule 12, was read on the Senate floor and formally referred to the Committee on Education for consideration. The clerk read the petition aloud on the floor before the referral was announced.

Senator O'Connor (Senator from the First Plymouth and Norfolk) moved to suspend Senate Rule 36 to allow the matters to be considered immediately; the presiding officer called for the voice vote and reported that the ayes had it and the rule was suspended. The Senate then moved on to suspend joint rule 12; that suspension also passed by voice vote, and the clerk announced that matters would be referred to their respective committees.

The petition text read on the floor requests legislation to establish LGBTQA parent advisory councils in public schools. The Senate did not debate the petition on the floor during this session, and no committee hearing date or further procedural schedule for the petition was announced.

In other routine business, the Senate adopted an order setting its next joint meeting for Thursday next at 11:00 a.m., and Senator O'Connor moved the adjournment. The presiding officer announced the ayes had it and adjourned the Senate until the scheduled time.