House designates June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day

The Massachusetts House of Representatives on an informal session day passed Senate No. 2152, designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day, after suspending rules to take up the measure.

The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended scheduling the Senate bill for consideration by the House. Representative Murphy of Weymouth moved to suspend the rules to take up Senate No. 2152; the motion passed by voice vote. The bill was read on second and third readings in sequence and was passed to be engrossed and then passed to be enacted by voice votes recorded in the transcript.

Under the constitution the House recorded a separate vote on the emergency preamble; monitors reported counts consistent with three voting in the affirmative and none in the negative and the emergency preamble was adopted. The transcript records procedural votes and bill numbers but does not include debate on the substance of the designation.

The Chamber also received guests from Weymouth High School, the SCRAP robotics team, a courtesy noted by the speaker prior to further business. Representative Mariano later offered an order to adjourn the House to Monday at 11 a.m.