The Senate suspended its rules and referred a bill filed by John F. Keenan that would authorize the State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Roberta Wallin to the Committee on Public Service, the chamber recorded in a voice vote.

The action came after the clerk read a report from the Committee on Rules describing the petition and accompanying bill. Following the report, the senator from the Third Bristol and Plymouth district, Senator Dooner, moved to suspend Senate Rule 36 to allow immediate consideration; the motion carried by voice vote. The Senate then suspended Joint Rule 12 and referred the measure to the Committee on Public Service by voice vote. The transcript does not include roll-call vote counts or individual yea/nay recorded votes for these motions.

The bill, identified in the transcript as a measure filed by John F. Keenan, would, if enacted, authorize the State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Roberta Wallin. The chamber’s referral sends the matter to the Committee on Public Service for consideration, hearings, or further action; the transcript does not specify a committee hearing date or any committee-level changes to the bill.

The record shows the actions were procedural: suspension of rules to allow immediate consideration and formal referral to committee. No floor debate on the bill’s merits or any amendment language appeared in the transcript excerpt, and no committee-stage findings or staff reports were included in the meeting record provided.

The clerk’s reading and the motions to suspend rules and refer the bill are the formal steps required to move the bill from a filing to committee consideration under the Senate’s procedures; the transcript identifies the rules referenced as “Senate Rule 36” and “Joint Rule 12.”