Mass. House schedules bills and advances several age‑waiver measures to engrossment

The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Thursday scheduled and advanced a set of bills and approved several measures to be engrossed.

A representative of the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported that the committee recommended scheduling two items for consideration: a Senate bill further regulating amendments to a conservation restriction in the Town of Hanson (Senate No. 2895) and a House bill establishing a sick‑leave bank for Sally Desrosiers, an employee of the Department of Correction (House No. 4962). The House then suspended House rules 7A on a motion by Mr. Wong of Saugus to allow immediate consideration; the motion passed by voice vote.

Clerks read the titles of the measures on second reading and the chamber voted by voice to order both the conservation‑restriction bill and the sick‑leave bank bill to a third reading.

Separately, the House presented an engrossed bill authorizing the Town of Milford select board to appoint a highway surveyor as ‘‘rightly and truly prepared for final passage’’; the chamber voted to pass that bill to be enacted.

On third reading the House took up three separate measures directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for named applicants. Each was passed by voice vote and was announced as passed to be engrossed: House No. 4092 for Chris Garilopoulos; House No. 4142 for Jason de Leon; and House No. 4246 for Giselle Mello.

All recorded votes during the session were conducted by voice; the transcript records the outcomes as 'the ayes have it' for each question, and does not supply individual roll‑call tallies.

The actions taken advance the listed bills to later stages of consideration or final enactment; the House is scheduled to reconvene Tuesday next at 11:00 a.m.

The session record shows no extended floor debate on the bills in today’s entry; actions appear to have proceeded by unanimous or voice consent where indicated.