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MA S 2898

introduced

An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · upper

Description

Senate, January 8, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees (Senate, No. 507),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2898).

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-15 — Reprinted, as amended, see S2916
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Ways and Meansprimary
  • Sal N. DiDomenicocosponsor
  • John F. Keenancosponsor
  • Bruce E. Tarrcosponsor
  • Paul W. Markcosponsor
  • James B. Eldridgecosponsor
  • Mike Connollycosponsor
  • Joanne M. Comerfordcosponsor
  • Bradley H. Jones, Jr.cosponsor
  • William J. Driscoll, Jr.cosponsor
  • Michael J. Barrettcosponsor
  • Pavel M. Payanocosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-08

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  2. 2026-01-08

    Recommended new draft for S507

  3. 2026-01-08

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

  4. 2026-01-08

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026

  5. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #1 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  6. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #2 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  7. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #3 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  8. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #4 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  9. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #5 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  10. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #6 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #125 (Yeas 6 to Nays 31)

    amendment-failure

  11. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #7 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  12. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #10 (DiDomenico) adopted

    amendment-passage

  13. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #12 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  14. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #13 (DiDomenico) adopted

    amendment-passage

  15. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #14 (Finegold) adopted -see Roll Call #126 (Yeas 34 to Nays 3)

    amendment-passage

  16. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #15 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  17. 2026-01-15

    Amendment #9 (Rodrigues) adopted

    amendment-passage

  18. 2026-01-15

    Substituted, as amended, for S507

  19. 2026-01-15

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. 2026-01-15

    Read third (title changed)

    reading-3

  21. 2026-01-15

    Reprinted, as amended, see S2916

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Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2898

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