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MA S 15

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

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

Description

Senate, February 6, 2026 -- Text of the proposed Joint Rules recommended by the Temporary Committee on Rules to be adopted as the Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2025-02-13 — Reprinted as amended, see S18
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Temporary Senate Committee on Rulesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Reported from the Temporary Committee on Rules

  2. 2025-02-06

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

  3. 2025-02-06

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2025

  4. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #1 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  5. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #2 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #2 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33)

    amendment-failure

  6. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #3 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  7. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #4 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  8. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #5 (Tarr) adopted

    amendment-passage

  9. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #7 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  10. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #8 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  11. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #9 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #3 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)

    amendment-failure

  12. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #10 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #4 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33)

    amendment-failure

  13. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #11 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  14. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #12 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  15. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #13 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #5 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)

    amendment-failure

  16. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #14 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #19 (Jehlen) rejected

    amendment-failure

  18. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #21 (Keenan) rejected

    amendment-failure

  19. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #22 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #6 (Yeas 9 to Nays 29)

    amendment-failure

  20. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #24 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  21. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #25 (Feeney) rejected

    amendment-failure

  22. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #26 (Keenan) adopted -see Roll Call #7 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #27 (Keenan) rejected

    amendment-failure

  24. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #28 (Keenan) rejected

    amendment-failure

  25. 2025-02-12

    Amendment #29 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #8 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)

    amendment-failure

  26. 2025-02-13

    Amendment #20 (Jehlen) adopted

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-02-13

    Amendment #16 (Rausch) rejected

    amendment-failure

  28. 2025-02-13

    Amendment #17 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-02-13

    Amendment #15 (Lovely) adopted

    amendment-passage

  30. 2025-02-13

    Reprinted as amended, see S18

Versions

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Votes

  • Adoption of the amendment

    2025-02-12 · fail · 0-0

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