The Massachusetts House of Representatives during its session scheduled several local and regional bills for committee consideration, ordered a set of bills for third reading, and passed House bill 4364 authorizing the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Born. The actions were taken by voice votes or committee report motions during the floor session.
The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported that it had recommended scheduling these matters for House consideration: a Senate bill to establish a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker, an employee of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office (Senate No. 2560); a House bill relative to supporting student participation in 4‑H programs (House No. 713); a House bill updating the linkage exaction program in the city of Medford (House No. 4252); and a House bill relative to elected terms and municipal years (House No. 4253). The committee’s report was read into the record and these items were placed on the House calendar for future consideration.
Members also moved to suspend standing rules in several instances to allow expedited consideration. The House then read a set of bills for second reading and ordered them for third reading by voice vote. Among measures taken up on final passage, House 4364 — described on the floor as “an act authorizing the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Born” — was passed to be enacted by a voice vote. Other local bills were passed to be engrossed, including a measure authorizing the Catuit Fire District to appropriate funds for the Historical Society of Santuit and Catuit (House No. 2259 as read on the floor), an act relative to the Lanesborough select board (House No. 4056), and an act to increase the membership of the Haverhill Board of Health from three members to five (House No. 4057). The Speaker announced those bills were passed to be engrossed.
All floor votes noted in the transcript were voice votes recorded as “the ayes have it” or similar; no roll‑call tallies or member‑by‑member recorded votes were provided in the transcript. Several motions to suspend rules and to release bills from committee were moved from the floor and carried by voice vote. The transcript does not record extended debate on the merits of the listed bills during this session.
Procedural items concluded with the House adopting the order that it adjourn to meet Monday next at 11 a.m.; the motion to adjourn was carried by voice vote and the House stood adjourned to that informal session.