House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) discussed the upcoming fall legislative agenda with WWLP-TV State House Correspondent Tiffany Chan in a segment that aired Monday night. Tiffany’s report is posted below, along with the video.
The State House and Senate met for an
informal session on Monday. That’s when lawmakers take up mostly local,
non-controversial bills.
State lawmakers have been off Beacon Hill
for the past few weeks for August recess. It’s a month when they can focus
on constituent issues, draft legislation and spend time off with their
families.
Some state lawmakers have stopped by the
building to meet with advocacy groups and to pick up their mail, but 22News
hasn’t seen many lawmakers from western Massachusetts. When the full House
and Senate return to Beacon Hill in September, updating the state’s decades-old
public records law could be the first issue on the agenda.
It may have been a quiet month at the
State House, but House Minority Leader Brad Jones explains why that’s not
necessarily a bad thing. “I think you can make a fair argument that maybe
we shouldn’t be judged so much on the quantity of laws you pass, as opposed to
the quality of laws that you pass. Some people would also argue that passing
less laws is actually a good thing.”
House and Senate leaders have yet to
schedule a formal session for the month of September.
