Senate advances a batch of routine measures including civil-service waivers and liquor-license items

The Senate took up a group of routine House measures and advanced most on unanimous consent. The clerk read several bill titles into the record, including "An act authorizing Kenneth Navarro to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement" (House No. 4476), and similar authorizations for William Rob Cargill (House No. 4477) and Jonathan Gagne (House No. 4879). Each measure was presented with no recorded objection and passed to be engrossed.

The Senate also approved House No. 5451 allowing the town of Marion to issue an additional off-premises liquor license and passed an act authorizing the town of Weston to grant an on-premises liquor license; the Weston measure was passed to be enacted and will be presented to the governor for approval. House No. 5528, establishing a sick-leave bank for Edward Gillen of the highway division, was likewise passed to be engrossed on third reading. The clerk noted that some municipal bills (including House Nos. 5434 for Tisbury and 5476 for Provincetown) were taken under suspension of rules and ordered to third reading; a petition concerning former state property in Malden was referred to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight under suspension of Joint Rule 12.

All bill titles cited in the hearing were read into the record by the clerk. The transcript records no roll-call tallies for the routine measures; actions were moved forward by voice vote or unanimous consent as is customary for non-controversial items.