Sen. Comerford’s 2021-2022 Senate Session Votes
| Date | Roll Call | Description of Vote | Comerford Vote | Vote Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6/2021 | 1 | Election of President of the Senate | Spilka | Spilka 37-3 |
| 2/11/2021 | 2 | Senate Rules: Receiving appropriations recommendations | NO | Failed 4-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 3 | Senate Rules: calendar availability | NO | Failed 6-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 4 | Senate Rules: Going past 10 pm | NO | Failed 6-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 5 | Senate Rules: Successive formal sessions | NO | Failed 6-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 6 | Senate Rules: Anti-harassment and bystander intervention training | NO | Failed 10-29 |
| 2/11/2021 | 7 | Senate Rules: Amendments to other appropriations bills | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 8 | Senate Rules: Accessibility | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 2/11/2021 | 9 | Senate Rules: Supplier diversity | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 2/11/2021 | 10 | Senate Rules: Consideration of further and redrafted amendments | NO | Failed 7-32 |
| 2/11/2021 | 11 | Senate Rules: Hearings | NO | Failed 6-33 |
| 2/11/2021 | 12 | Senate Rules: Postponements | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 13 | Senate Rules: Redistricting | NO | Failed 4-35 |
| 2/11/2021 | 14 | Senate Rules: Notice of legislative matters | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 15 | Senate Rules: New items on calendar | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 2/11/2021 | 16 | Joint Rules: Filing of conference committee report | NO | Failed 6-33 |
| 2/11/2021 | 17 | Joint Rules: Public notice for hearings | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 3/11/2021 | 18 | H.73 (Early voting by mail): Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/15/2021 | 19 | S.9 (Climate Change): Adoption of Governor’s Amendment as amended | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 3/18/2021 | 20 | S.35 (Employers and Workers Relief): Amendment #7 – Expanded Take-out/Delivery Options | NO | Failed 9-30 |
| 3/18/2021 | 21 | S.35 (Employers and Workers Relief): Amendment #8 – Third-Party Delivery Cost Containment for Restaurants | NO | Failed 8-31 |
| 3/18/2021 | 22 | S.35 (Employers and Workers Relief): Amendment #10 – Establishing COVID-19 Nascent Business Relief Fund | NO | Failed 8-31 |
| 3/18/2021 | 23 | S.35 (Employers and Workers Relief): Amendment #3 – Enhancing Penalties for Unemployment Fraud | NO | Failed 9-31 |
| 3/18/2021 | 24 | S.35 (Employers and Workers Relief): Amendment #6 – COVID-19 Unemployment Gap Coverage | NO | Failed 6-33 |
| 3/18/2021 | 25 | S.90 (Employers and Workers Relief): Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/25/2021 | 26 | S.90 (Employers and Workers Relief): Enactment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 4/29/2021 | 27 | S.2439 (Financing the reconstruction of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke): Amendment #1 – Project Labor Agreement | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 4/29/2021 | 28 | H.3701 (Financing the reconstruction of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke): Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/20/2021 | 29 | H.3702 (COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Unemployment Insurance cost control): Concurring in the House amendment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/20/2021 | 30 | H.3770 (Financing the reconstruction of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke): Enactment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/25/2021 | 31 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 96 – Tax deduction for remote learning | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 5/25/2021 | 32 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 112 – Tax deduction for charitable donations of food by farmers | NO | Failed 6-33 |
| 5/26/2021 | 33 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 207 – Student Loan Bill of Rights | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 34 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 373 – Local Public Health | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 35 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 380 – Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 36 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 385 – Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts | YES | Passed 38-1 |
| 5/26/2021 | 37 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 458 – Early Intervention | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 38 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 490 – Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Ombudsman | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 39 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 577 – Vaccine Equity Benchmark | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 40 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 583 – Nursing Home Resident Protection | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2021 | 41 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 613 – Support for Organizations Facing Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/27/2021 | 42 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 612 – automated external defibrillators in police vehicles | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/27/2021 | 43 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 822 – Matched-Savings Programs | YES | Passed 38-1 |
| 5/27/2021 | 44 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 361 – Addressing Hate Crimes | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/27/2021 | 45 | S.3 (FY 2022 Budget): Amendment 595 – Untested Sexual Assault Evidence Kits | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/27/2021 | 46 | H.4001 (FY 2022 Budget): Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 6/9/2021 | 47 | Presence of Quorum | Present | |
| 6/9/2021 | 48 | S.5 (Fair Share tax on income over $1,000,000 Constitutional Amendment): Advancing to referendum vote | YES | Passed 149-51 |
| 6/24/2021 | 49 | H.3827 (Allocation of federal COVID Response Funds): Governor’s amendment | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 6/24/2021 | 50 | S.2480 (FY 2022 Supplemental Appropriations): Amendment 8 – Line of Duty Police Deaths | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 6/24/2021 | 51 | S.2480 (FY 2022 Supplemental Appropriations): Amendment 13 – Report on cost of local compliance with policing reform law | YES | Failed 9-30 |
| 7/1/2021 | 52 | H.3770 (Reconstruction of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke): Override Governor’s veto of section 5 – labor contracts | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 7/9/2021 | 53 | H.3903 (Local road and bridge funding): Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/9/2021 | 54 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Accept conference report | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/15/2021 | 55 | H.3903 (Local road and bridge funding): Enactment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/21/2021 | 56 | H.3973 (Fiscal Year 2021 supplemental budget): Accept conference report | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2021 | 57 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for children’s behavioral health report | YES | Passed 38-2 |
| 7/29/2021 | 58 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for regional transit authorities | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2021 | 59 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of provision concerning MBTA climate resilience projects | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/29/2021 | 60 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for municipal police training | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2021 | 61 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of provision for COVID safety for prisoners, such as home confinement or medical parole | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 7/29/2021 | 62 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for low-income housing | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/29/2021 | 63 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for emergency shelter | YES | Passed 38-2 |
| 7/29/2021 | 64 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for services to homeless individuals | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 7/29/2021 | 65 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for charter school reimbursements | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2021 | 66 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for wildlife care | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 7/29/2021 | 67 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for environmental justice report | YES | Passed 38-2 |
| 7/29/2021 | 68 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of funds for review of impacts of glyphosate on environment and public health | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/29/2021 | 69 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of provision delaying charitable tax deduction | YES | Passed 34-6 |
| 7/29/2021 | 70 | H.4002 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget): Override veto of provision directing analysis of impact of pandemic on children’s behavioral health care | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/29/2021 | 71 | H.4004 (Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Vetoes): Governor’s amendment regarding fund transfer dates | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 7/29/2021 | 72 | H.4008 (Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Vetoes): Governor’s amendment vetoing repeal of tax expenditures | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 7/29/2021 | 73 | H.4009 (Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Vetoes): Governor’s amendment regarding taxation of pass-through entities | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 7/29/2021 | 74 | H.4015 (Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Vetoes): Governor’s amendment regarding grants to regional tourism councils | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 9/23/2021 | 75 | S.2534 (Healthy Youth Act) Engrossment of legislation providing for comprehensive sex education in public schools | YES | Passed 38-1 |
| 9/23/2021 | 76 | S.2533 (Gender Identification) Engrossment of legislation permitting changing of gender ID, including non-binary option, on a birth certificate and drivers license | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 9/30/2021 | 77 | H.2189 (Greenfield Land Lease) Enactment of legislation allowing Greenfield | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 9/30/2021 | 78 | H.4005 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision prohibiting staffing restrictions at Water Supply Protection Trust | YES | Passed 35-3 |
| 9/30/2021 | 79 | H.4007 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision to increase hours a retiree collecting a pension may work for a government entity. | YES | Passed 38-8 |
| 9/30/2021 | 80 | H.4008 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto): Override of Governor’s veto of provision repealing tax expenditures | YES | Passed 33-5 |
| 9/30/2021 | 81 | H.4009 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto): Override of Governor’s veto of provision regarding taxation of pass-through entities | YES | Passed 35-3 |
| 9/30/2021 | 82 | H.4010 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision banning parking fees on department of conservation and recreation roads | YES | Passed 37-1 |
| 9/30/2021 | 83 | H.4011 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision eliminating asset test to be eligible for the Emergency Assistance to Elderly, Disabled residents and Children program | YES | Passed 36-2 |
| 9/30/2021 | 84 | H.4012 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision eliminating asset test to be eligible for the Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. | YES | Passed 37-1 |
| 9/30/2021 | 85 | H.4014 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of increased operating assistance to regional transit authorities | YES | Passed 37-1 |
| 9/30/2021 | 86 | H.4016 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision establishing a special legislative commission to study poverty in the Commonwealth | YES | Passed 36-2 |
| 9/30/2021 | 87 | H.4018 (Fiscal Year 2022 budget veto) Override of Governor’s veto of provision establishing a higher education affordability task force | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 10/6/2021 | 88 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 42 to eliminate same-day registration | NO | Failed 3-35 |
| 10/6/2021 | 89 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 17 on ballot dropboxes | NO | Failed 13-25 |
| 10/6/2021 | 90 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 21 on temporary mail voting status | NO | Failed 7-31 |
| 10/6/2021 | 91 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 24 on notification of early voting processing | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 10/6/2021 | 92 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 35 requiring public awareness campaign on same-day voter registration and expanded mail voting | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 10/6/2021 | 93 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 5 to set procedures for submission of applications for, and casting of absentee ballots | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 10/6/2021 | 94 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Amendment 4 on paid leave for voting | NO | Failed 12-26 |
| 10/6/2021 | 95 | S.2545 (Expand Voter Access) Engrossment of legislation which expands vote by mail and early voting, allows same-day and automatic voter registration, and facilitates jail-based voting. | YES | Passed 36-3 |
| 10/21/2021 | 96 | S.2558 (Military spouse educational licenses) Engrossment of legislation allowing licensed military spouses to qualify for Massachusetts teaching certificates and permitting enrollment of military families in local school districts | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 10/21/2021 | 97 | S.2557 (Genocide Education) Engrossment of legislation to require that history curricula for middle and high school students include the history, patterns, and underlying prejudices leading to genocide | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 10/21/2021 | 98 | S.2560 (Senatorial Districts) Engrossment of legislation setting the boundaries for the 40 state senate districts following the 2020 census | YES | Passed 36-3 |
| 11/10/2021 | 99 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 320 introduced by Senator Comerford to set up structure for state funding for local public health needs | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 100 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 1 to transfer additional funds to Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund | NO | Failed 5-32 |
| 11/10/2021 | 101 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 222 funding behavioral and mental health for students in public higher education | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 102 | S.2573 (Nero’s law) Engrossment of bill allowing ambulances to transport police dogs injured in the line of duty | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 103 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 14 authorizing the Medal of Liberty for those who died as a result of a training accident in the line of duty | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 104 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 599 funding Massachusetts Military Support Foundation | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 105 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 260 funding Greater Boston Food Bank | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 106 | On suspending Senate rule to allow meeting past 10 p.m. | YES | Passed 35-2 |
| 11/10/2021 | 107 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 42 for a two-week sales tax holiday | NO | Failed 3-34 |
| 11/10/2021 | 108 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 33 setting contracting goals for minority and women business enterprises | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 109 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Amendment 34 establishing equity and accountability review so that funds are spent in communities that were disproportionally impacted by coronavirus | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 11/10/2021 | 110 | S.2564 (ARPA appropriations) Engrossment of legislation allocating $3.82 billion of federal COVID relief funds and surplus budget revenue | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 11/17/2021 | 111 | H.4256 (Congressional redistricting) Engrossment of legislation establishing congressional district boundaries | YES | Passed 26-13 |
| 11/17/2021 | 112 | S.2572 (Mental Health ABC Act) Amendment 26 establishing a crisis hotline center | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 11/17/2021 | 113 | S.2572 (Mental Health ABC Act) Amendment 51 supporting behavioral health screening for public safety personnel | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 11/17/2021 | 114 | S.2572 (Mental Health ABC Act) Engrossment of legislation to expand availability of mental health care | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 11/17/2021 | 115 | H.3178 (Middleton land transfer) Engrossment | YES | Passed 37-0 |
| 1/13/2022 | 116 | S.2616 (Expanding access to adoption) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/18/2022 | 117 | S.2612 (Andover property tax exemption) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 118 | S.29 (New Bedford open space) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 119 | S.1353 (Middleborough lease) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 120 | H.2183 (Clinton Select Board name) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 121 | H.3996 (Cambridge geothermal wells) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 122 | S.2622 (COVID Supplemental Appropriations) Amendment 15 funding regional vaccination clinics | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 1/26/2022 | 123 | S.2622 (COVID Supplemental Appropriations) Amendment 5 directing payment to nursing facilities | NO | Failed 8-31 |
| 1/26/2022 | 124 | H.4345 (COVID Supplemental Appropriations) Engrossment, as amended | YES | Failed 8-31 |
| 2/10/2022 | 125 | H.4251 (Savoy easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 2/10/2022 | 126 | H.3900 (Northampton conservation easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 2/10/2022 | 127 | S.2651 (Reduce Prescription Drug Costs) Amendment 31 extending drug coupons | NO | Failed 7-31 |
| 2/10/2022 | 128 | S.2651 (Reduce Prescription Drug Costs) Amendment 36 licensing drug and medical device marketing reps | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 2/10/2022 | 129 | S.2651 (Reduce Prescription Drug Costs) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 3/3/2022 | 130 | S.2730 (Access to menstrual products in schools, prisons and shelters) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/3/2022 | 131 | S.2731 (12-month continuous postpartum MassHealth eligibility) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/3/2022 | 132 | H.3867 (Sharon conservation restriction) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 3/10/2022 | 133 | S.2739 (Veterans’ Homes) Amendment 11 for DPH licensing | YES | Passed 38-1 |
| 3/10/2022 | 134 | S.2739 (Veterans’ Homes) Amendment 27 requiring the Secretary of Veteran’s Services to be a veteran | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 3/10/2022 | 135 | H.4441 (Veterans’ Homes) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/24/2022 | 136 | H.4108 (Sudbury Land Transfer) Enactment | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 3/24/2022 | 137 | S.2776 (Supplemental Appropriations) Amendment 1 to appropriate $20 million for victims of crime programs | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 3/24/2022 | 138 | S.2776 (Supplemental Appropriations) Amendment 2 to divest state funds from firms active in Russia | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 3/24/2022 | 139 | S.2776 (Supplemental Appropriations) Amendment 4 to stop collecting gasoline excise tax for 5 months | NO | Failed 11-29 |
| 3/31/2022 | 140 | H.4554 (Crown Act – prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 3/31/2022 | 141 | S.2797 (Temporary motor vehicle registration plates) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 4/7/2022 | 142 | H4555 (Women’s rights history trail) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 4/7/2022 | 143 | S.2801 (Equity in the cannabis industry) Amendment 20 to allow initiation of ballot questions | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 4/7/2022 | 144 | S.2801 (Equity in the cannabis industry) Amendment 21 for new fund for the commission to aid municipalities on host agreements | NO | Failed 8-31 |
| 4/7/2022 | 145 | S.2801 (Equity in the cannabis industry) Amendment 18 for road safety | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/7/2022 | 146 | S.2801 (Equity in the cannabis industry) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 147 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 155 to substitute bill with language on decarbonization and energy independence. | NO | Failed 3-36 |
| 4/14/2022 | 148 | S.2821 (Home heating oil release remediation) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 149 | H.851 (Preserving open space) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 150 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 4 to create task force with the goal of reducing housing-related emissions | NO | Failed 11-28 |
| 4/14/2022 | 151 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 6 on offshore wind generating capacity | NO | Failed 5-34 |
| 4/14/2022 | 152 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 57 to authorize retirement system to divest from investments in fossil fuel companies | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 153 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 84 on sustainability of fishing and clean energy industries | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 154 | S. 2819 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Amendment 84 on sustainability of fishing and clean energy industries | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/14/2022 | 155 | H. 4524 (Clean Energy and Climate Change) Engrossment | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 4/28/2022 | 156 | S. 1357 (Westport easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/28/2022 | 157 | H. 4432 (Westford bridge project) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/28/2022 | 158 | S. 2844 (Sports betting) Amendment 55 on evaluating license applicants on diversity, equity and inclusion commitments | YES | Failed 14-26 |
| 4/28/2022 | 159 | S. 2844 (Sports betting) Amendment 68 on credit care debt | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 4/28/2022 | 160 | S. 2844 (Sports betting) Amendment 4 on gaming excise | NO | Failed 4-35 |
| 5/5/2022 | 161 | S. 2851 (Work and Family Mobility) Amendment 2 requiring distinctive license background colors | NO | Failed 8-31 |
| 5/5/2022 | 162 | S. 2851 (Work and Family Mobility) Amendment 3 requiring a “not valid for identification” statement | NO | Failed 7-32 |
| 5/5/2022 | 163 | S. 2851 (Work and Family Mobility) Amendment 7 on disclosure of information to municipal clerks | NO | Failed 10-29 |
| 5/5/2022 | 164 | S. 2851 (Work and Family Mobility) Amendment 10 on disclosure of information to state agencies | NO | Failed 9-30 |
| 5/5/2022 | 165 | S. 2851 (Work and Family Mobility) Amendment 25 on attestation | NO | Failed 7-31 |
| 5/5/2022 | 166 | H. 4470 (Work and Family Mobility) Engrossment | YES | Passed 32-8 |
| 5/24/2022 | 167 | S.2732 (Stoughton land transfer) | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/24/2022 | 168 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 3 – Quarry Testing to Prevent Pyrrhotite | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/24/2022 | 169 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 568 – Hey Sam Youth Mental Health Text Line Expansion | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 5/24/2022 | 170 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 525- Citizenship for New Americans Program | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 171 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 931 – Firefighter Health and Wellness | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 172 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 934 – On-Site Academy | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 173 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 938 – Nonprofit Security Grants | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 174 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 991 – Police Officer Recruitment and Retention Study | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 175 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 799 – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 176 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 900 – Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 177 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 159 – income taxes | NO | Failed 10-30 |
| 5/25/2022 | 178 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 939 – Security Personnel Grant Pilot Program | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/25/2022 | 179 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 386 – Harmony Montgomery Commission | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 5/26/2022 | 180 | H. 4805 (Work and Family Mobility) Acceptance of conference report | YES | Passed 32-8 |
| 5/26/2022 | 181 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 1004 – Human Trafficking Prevention | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2022 | 182 | S. 4 (FY2023 budget) Amendment 802 – Medication Assisted Treatment Pilot Program | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 5/26/2022 | 183 | H. 4701 (FY2023 budget) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 5/26/2022 | 184 | H. 4288 (behavioral health trust fund) Override Governor’s veto | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 6/9/2022 | 185 | H. 4805 (Work and Family Mobility) Override Governor’s veto | YES | Passed 32-8 |
| 6/9/2022 | 186 | S. 2913 (regulating central service technicians) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 6/9/2022 | 187 | Suspension of Rules | NO | Failed 3-37 |
| 6/9/2022 | 188 | S. 2924 (Voter Opportunities, Trust, Equity and Security – expand voting) Acceptance of Conference Report | YES | Passed 37-3 |
| 6/16/2022 | 189 | H. 4638 (Financing improvements to roads and bridges) Enactment | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 6/16/2022 | 190 | H. 4360 (Nantucket land transfers) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 6/30/2022 | 191 | S. 2956 (Repealing unconstitutional archaic laws regarding sex acts) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 6/30/2022 | 192 | S. 2953 (DCF accountability for vulnerable children and families) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 6/30/2022 | 193 | S. 2944 (Forfeiture reform) Amendment 1 on representation of non-criminal defendants | NO | Failed 10-29 |
| 6/30/2022 | 194 | S. 2944 (Forfeiture reform) Engrossment | YES | Passed 31-9 |
| 6/30/2022 | 195 | S. 2942 (Diversion of juveniles to community supervision and services) Amendment 7 on diversion of juveniles charged with disruption | NO | Failed 9-30 |
| 6/30/2022 | 196 | S. 2942 (Diversion of juveniles to community supervision and services) Amendment 8 on juveniles charged with assault with a dangerous weapon upon a victim over age 60 | NO | Failed 12-26 |
| 6/30/2022 | 197 | S. 2942 (Diversion of juveniles to community supervision and services) Amendment 10 on diversion programs for first offenses for criminal violations | NO | Failed 6-33 |
| 6/30/2022 | 198 | S. 2942 (Diversion of juveniles to community supervision and services) Engrossment | YES | Passed 32-8 |
| 6/30/2022 | 199 | H. 2182 (Clinton field) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/7/2022 | 200 | H. 4932 (Fund settlement for veterans who became ill or died during the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/7/2022 | 201 | S. 2973 (Expand access to high-quality, affordable early education and care) Sustain ruling of chair | YES | Passed 34-5 |
| 7/7/2022 | 202 | S. 2973 (Expand access to high-quality, affordable early education and care) Engrossment of legislation to invest and upgrade standards for early childhood education | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/13/2022 | 203 | H. 4954 (Expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care) Engrossment | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/14/2022 | 204 | H. 4916 (Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate funding) Engrossment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/18/2022 | 205 | H. 4197 (Swansea lease agreement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/19/2022 | 206 | H. 5050 (FY 2023 Appropriations) Accepting conference report | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/21/2022 | 207 | H. 5060 (Climate, clean energy and offshore wind) Suspension of Rules to allow bill to be considered | YES | Passed 36-3 |
| 7/21/2022 | 208 | H. 5060 (Climate, clean energy and offshore wind) Accepting conference report | YES | Passed 38-2 |
| 7/21/2022 | 209 | S. 3018 (Economic growth and taxation) Amendment 546 – funding for non-profit security grants | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/21/2022 | 210 | Suspension of Rule to meet after 8 pm | YES | Passed 36-2 |
| 7/21/2022 | 211 | H. 3751 (Danvers property) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/21/2022 | 212 | S. 3018 (Economic growth and taxation) Amendment 35 – no-tax status | NO | Failed 7-31 |
| 7/21/2022 | 213 | S. 3018 (Economic growth and taxation) Amendment 190 – Chip production facility | YES | Passed 38-1 |
| 7/21/2022 | 214 | S. 3018 (Economic growth and taxation) Amendment 560 – Health insurance access | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 7/21/2022 | 215 | H. 5034 (Economic growth and taxation) Engrossment of legislation to provide tax cuts and appropriate funds for human services, housing and local needs | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/26/2022 | 216 | H. 3936 (Dunstable roads) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/26/2022 | 217 | H. 5090 (Expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care) Accepting conference report | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/26/2022 | 218 | H. 4519 (West Brookfield land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/26/2022 | 219 | H. 4901 (Brewster land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/26/2022 | 220 | H. 5065 (General governmental infrastructure bond) Enactment of legislation authorizing $5.2 billion for housing, water pollution abatement, food systems and more | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/26/2022 | 221 | H. 4929 (Step therapy and patient safety) Engrossment of legislation to limit “step therapy” or fail first policies by health insurers | YES | Passed 38-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 222 | H. 5106 (Governance and care of veterans at veterans’ homes) Accepting conference report on legislation to reform governance of Soldiers Homes | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 223 | S. 3029 (Middleborough conservation land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 224 | H. 4215 (Land in Lee and Lenox to Edith Wharton Restoration) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 225 | H. 4631 (Hanson conservation restriction) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 226 | H. 4986 (Barnstable easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 227 | H. 5048 (Townsend land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/28/2022 | 228 | H. 4979 (Revere land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/29/2022 | 229 | H. 2294 (Adoptee access to original birth certificates) Engrossment of legislation to permit adoptees born in certain years to obtain original birth certificates | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2022 | 230 | S. 3075 (Cranberry bog improvement tax credit) Accepting conference report | YES | Passed 40-0 |
| 7/29/2022 | 231 | H. 5104 (SAPHE 2.0 local public health improvements) Engrossment of Sen. Comerford’s legislation to set standards to improve local public health | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/29/2022 | 232 | H. 5049 (Martha’s Vineyard land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/30/2022 | 233 | H. 5076 (judiciary information technology systems) Engrossment of legislation to upgrade judicial IT systems and strengthen gun laws | YES | Passed 39-1 |
| 7/30/2022 | 234 | H. 4900 (Lowell land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/30/2022 | 235 | H. 4321 (Martha’s Vineyard land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/30/2022 | 236 | H. 4794 (Pepperell land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/30/2022 | 237 | H. 4946 (Fitchburg easements) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 238 | H. 5142 (Winchester land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 239 | H. 5151 (Climate, clean energy and offshore wind) Enactment of legislation to invest and set standards for clean energy and to advance wind energy | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 240 | S. 3031 (Holden land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 241 | S. 3053 (Carver land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 242 | S. 3062 (Billerica land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 243 | S. 3004 (Boston pool lease) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 244 | S. 3065 (Bridgewater land transfer) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 245 | H. 5050 (FY 2023 Appropriations) Overriding Governor’s veto of recycling funding (item 2200-0107) | YES | Passed 36-3 |
| 7/31/2022 | 246 | H. 5050 (FY 2023 Appropriations) Override of Governor’s veto of State Parks and Recreation funding (item 2810-0100) | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 7/31/2022 | 247 | H. 5050 (FY 2023 Appropriations) Override of Governor’s veto of Emergency Assistance Family Shelter reporting requirement (item 7004-0101) | YES | Passed 36-3 |
| 7/31/2022 | 248 | H. 5050 (FY 2023 Appropriations) Override of Governor’s veto of Department of Correction Facility funding (item 8900-0001) | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 249 | H. 5112 (Free prisoner calls veto) Override of Governor’s veto of free prisoner phone calls by substituting provision on expanding pretrial dangerousness detention (Amendment 6) | NO | Passed 30-8 |
| 8/1/2022 | 250 | S. 3020 (Templeton, Phillipston and Royalston land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 251 | S. 3064 (Monson land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 252 | S. 3073 (Hubbardston easements) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 253 | S. 3091 (Nantucket park land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 254 | H. 5155 (Lynn conservation restriction) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 255 | S. 3090 (Nantucket conservation land) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 256 | S. 3088 (UMass Boston easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 257 | H. 5095 (Framingham right turn lane) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 258 | H. 5161 (Ayer water easement) Enactment | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 259 | H. 5163 (Judiciary information technology systems) Enactment | YES | Passed 37-1 |
| 8/1/2022 | 260 | S. 3097 (Reduce barriers to mental health care) Accepting conference report to strengthen mental health services and consumer protections | YES | Passed 39-0 |
| 8/1/2022 | 261 | H. 5164 (Sports wagering) Accepting conference report on legislation to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts | YES | Passed 36-4 |
We aim to update this page monthly. Jo’s committee votes can be made available by request.
