An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

H5469 · Bill

25 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2026-06-03	House	Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-06-03	House	Reported on a part of H5050
2026-06-03	House	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-03	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-03	House	Rules suspended
2026-06-03	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-03	House	Rules suspended
2026-06-03	House	Read third
2026-06-03	House	Passed to be engrossed - 125 YEAS to 28 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 201)
2026-07-06	Senate	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-07-23	Senate	Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200
2026-07-23	Senate	Order relative to subject matter adopted
2026-07-23	Senate	Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 30, 2026
2026-07-30	Senate	Read second
2026-07-30	Senate	Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200
2026-07-30	Senate	Reprinted, as amended, see S3244
2026-07-30	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2026-07-30	Senate	Read third
2026-07-30	Senate	Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #217 (Yeas 34 to Nays 6)
2026-07-31	House	Rules suspended
2026-07-31	House	House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-07-31	House	Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-Vargas-Muradian)
2026-07-31	Senate	Rules suspended
2026-07-31	Senate	Senate insisted on its amendment
2026-07-31	Senate	Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence

2 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2026-06-03 16:48	House	No. 201	On passing to be engrossed	125–28
2026-07-30	Senate	No. 217	Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #217 (Yeas 34 to Nays 6)	34–6

7 amendments filed

6 withdrawn · 1 adopted

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
House 1	Auditor SJC Appeal	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 2	Judicial Recourse	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 3	Fees	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 4	Transparency in Grant Applications	Steven S. Howitt	Withdrawn
House 5	Official Budget Definition	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 6	Solicitation of Contributions	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
Senate 1	An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government		Adopted

2 committee votes

Ways and Means (H) · 2026-06-02 11:00 · H.5050 “An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for responding to recent federal actions” in part, as amended

Ways and Means (S) · 2026-07-23 11:45 · Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 15

reserve right · 3

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

Action	Committee
In Part	Ways and Means (H)
Place in OD	Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly Drawn	Bills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with Amendment	Ways and Means (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.