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MA S 2545

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An Act Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 2545 pass?

Not yet. MA S 2545 is in committee as of 2025-06-26 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-06-26): Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 58 )

What is MA S 2545 about?

Senate -- Report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the House amendment to the Senate report recommending proposed Joint Rules adopted by the Senate to be adopted as the Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 18) (amended by the House by striking out the striking out the text in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 2026),-- reports, “Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 2545).

Who sponsors MA S 2545?

Permanent Joint Rules 2025-2026 is the primary sponsor of MA S 2545.

Description

Senate -- Report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the House amendment to the Senate report recommending proposed Joint Rules adopted by the Senate to be adopted as the Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 18) (amended by the House by striking out the striking out the text in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 2026),-- reports, “Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 2545).

Introduced
Latest action
2025-06-26 — Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 58 )
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Permanent Joint Rules 2025-2026primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-06-26

    Reported from the committee of conference

  2. 2025-06-26

    Reported on S18

  3. 2025-06-26

    Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #54 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)

  4. 2025-06-26

    Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-06-26

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance

  6. 2025-06-26

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-06-26

    Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 58 )

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Acceptance of the report of the committee of conference

    2025-06-26 · pass · 0-0

  • S. 2545 On acceptance

    2025-06-26 · pass · 147-2

    Member-level votes (159)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran M.: yes
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: not voting
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: not voting
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: yes
    • Cataldo: yes
    • Chan: yes
    • Ciccolo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Consalvo: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Cusack: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Day: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Diggs: yes
    • Domb: yes
    • Donaghue: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • DuBois: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • McGonagle: not voting
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: not voting
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: not voting
    • Moakley: yes
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Philips: yes
    • Higgins: not voting
    • Luddy: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Paulino: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Sylvia: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: not voting
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Robertson: yes
    • Rogers,: yes
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Roy: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Scarsdale: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Silvia: yes
    • Sousa: no
    • Stanley: yes
    • Howitt: yes
    • Kane: not voting
    • Sena: not voting
    • Shand: yes
    • Boldyga: yes
    • Lombardo: no
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: yes
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: yes
    • Thurber: yes
    • Vaughn: not voting
    • Wong: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes

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