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Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on the only roll call from the week of October 21-25. There were no roll calls in the House the previous week.CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE (S 2967)Senate 38-2, approved and sent to the House...

By BOB KATZEN

By BOB KATZEN

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.The 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1. There was a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill as sponsors of dozens of bills attempted to get final approval on the measures from the House and...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. Both branches spent most of their time in session listening to the farewell speeches of legislators who will not be returning to the Legislature next year.The 2023-2024 Legislative...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.Beacon Hill Roll Call’s research shows there are several bills from the 2023-2024 session that were approved unanimously by the Senate in 2023 but are languishing in the House Ways and Means...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from budget vetoes by Gov. Maura Healey. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.$3 million for professional development for early educators (H 4800) The House,...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.The 2025-2026 legislative session is scheduled to begin in January. One of the first orders of business in the Senate will be the adoption of rules under which the Senate will operate for the...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from budget vetoes by Gov. Maura Healey. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.$2.4 million for planning expanded school days or school years (H 4800) The...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators votes on roll calls from the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 15.$3.9 billion economic development package (H 5100) The House, 137-8 and then 139-4, and the Senate, 39-1, approved and sent to...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from budget vetoes by Gov. Maura Healey. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.$1.5 million for best lending practices and first-time homebuyers (H 4800) The...

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from budget vetoes by Gov. Maura Healey. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.$2.5 million to treat prisoners suffering from mental illness (H 4800) The...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call looks at Question 3, one of the five questions on the ballot that will be decided directly by the voters in November.The question asks voters if they approve...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call looks at Question 2, one of the five questions on the ballot that will be decided directly by the voters in November.The question asks voters if they approve...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call looks at Question 1, one of the five questions on the ballot that will be decided directly by the voters in November.The question asks voters if they approve...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times each representative sided with Gov. Maura Healey on her 20 vetoes of state budget items in the 2024 legislative session.A...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local representatives voted with their party’s leadership in the 2024 session through Sept. 20.Beacon Hill Roll Call uses...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local senators voted with their party’s leadership in the 2024 session through Sept. 13.Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 124...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2024 session through Sept. 6.The House has held 129 roll calls in 2024. Beacon Hill...

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2024 session through Aug. 30.The Senate has held 150 roll calls so far in the 2024 session....

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions.$650,000 for microloans to businesses (H 4800)House 155-2, overrode Gov. Healey’s veto of $650,000 (reducing funding from $1.5 million to $850,000) for loans...