SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3874        FILED ON: 4/29/2026

Senate, April 30, 2026 -- Order (Senator Rodrigues) relative to procedures to be followed when considering the House Bill promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (House, No. 5316)

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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Senate, April 30, 2026.

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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 Ordered, That notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rule to the contrary, the House Bill promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment (House, No. 5316) (the committee on Ways and Means having recommended that the bill be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 3072) shall be placed in the Orders of the Day for a second reading on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

 All amendments shall be filed electronically in the office of the Clerk of the Senate by 3:00 P.M, on Monday, May 4, 2026. All such amendments shall be second reading-amendments to the Senate Ways and Means new text (Senate, No. 3072), but further amendments in the third degree to such amendments shall be in order. The Clerk shall further specify the procedure and format for filing all amendments, consistent with this order.

 After the bill as amended is ordered to a third reading, it shall immediately be read a third time and the question shall then immediately be on passing it to be engrossed, and no amendments shall be in order at the third reading of the bill unless recommended by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading.