An Act to save people money, repair the climate and grow the economy

What it does: As reported to the Senate, replaces utility efficiency programs with one statewide efficiency and building-decarbonization plan, at least 20% for low-income households; lets cities and towns bar competitive suppliers from residential electricity contracts; requires low- and moderate-income utility discounts; and allows bonds to refinance utility costs. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 77

Amends the bill to bar gas companies from recovering line extension costs from ratepayers, so new gas customers pay full costs, with exceptions for no feasible alternative, declared critical projects, and certain industrial uses. Tariff changes take effect July 31, 2029. (AI-written)

Yes 19 · No 20 · Democrats 19–15 · Republicans 0–5

Fiscal Year 2025 Supplemental Appropriations

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 14

Yes 12 · No 26 · Democrats 7–26 · Republicans 5–0

An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 9

Amends the bill to change cannabis package labeling rules set by the Cannabis Control Commission, requiring items such as THC content, batch number, ingredients, testing results, a child-warning symbol, and rotating health warnings covering addiction, psychosis and mood disorders. (AI-written)

Yes 11 · No 26 · Democrats 6–26 · Republicans 5–0

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 924

Amends the budget to require licensed innholders of hotels, motels and similar lodgings, and hotels and motels under state emergency housing contracts, to train all employees in human trafficking recognition under an attorney general-approved program. Innholders must post a hotline notice. (AI-written)

Yes 12 · No 28 · Democrats 7–28 · Republicans 5–0

Fiscal Year 2025 Supplemental Appropriations

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 21

Yes 10 · No 28 · Democrats 5–28 · Republicans 5–0

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

Question before the chamber: On adoption of amendment #1482

Amends the bill to give state, county and municipal public health and safety workers who worked in person during the COVID-19 emergency a retirement credit equal to its length (March 2020 to June 2021), with local governments opting in. (AI-written)

Yes 34 · No 119 · Democrats 9–118 · Republicans 25–0

An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 67

Amends the bill to let law enforcement agencies, including police, sheriffs, corrections, courts and probation offices, comply with a federal immigration detainer request for a convicted felon. (AI-written)

Yes 10 · No 29 · Democrats 5–29 · Republicans 5–0

An Act prioritizing patient access to care

What it does: Lets physicians perform abortions at 24 weeks or later based on their professional judgment, replacing the list of permitted medical grounds; bars medical review processes from overriding that judgment; removes the hospital-setting requirement for such abortions. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: On Engrossment

Yes 119 · No 33 · Democrats 118–9 · Republicans 0–24

Proposed Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session.

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 22

Amends the bill to require a yeas-and-nays recorded vote on all conference committee reports. (AI-written)

Yes 9 · No 29 · Democrats 4–29 · Republicans 5–0

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

Question before the chamber: On adoption of amendment #1334

Yes 30 · No 124 · Democrats 5–123 · Republicans 25–0

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

Question before the chamber: On adoption of amendment #311

Amends the bill to bar the housing office and the Attorney General from enforcing any MBTA Communities zoning law (chapter 40A, section 3A) requirement before December 31, 2026. (AI-written)

Yes 30 · No 126 · Democrats 5–125 · Republicans 25–0

An Act to save people money, repair the climate and grow the economy

What it does: As reported to the Senate, replaces utility efficiency programs with one statewide efficiency and building-decarbonization plan, at least 20% for low-income households; lets cities and towns bar competitive suppliers from residential electricity contracts; requires low- and moderate-income utility discounts; and allows bonds to refinance utility costs. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Question on adoption of the amendment 17

Yes 9 · No 30 · Democrats 4–30 · Republicans 5–0