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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution requiring a supermajority vote for the utilization of rainy day funds

Filed by Bruce E. Tarr  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S13  ·  Proposal for Constitutional Amendment  ·  docket SD2530

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-03SenateReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-03-03HouseHouse concurred
2025-03-20JointHearing scheduled for 03/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-05-01SenateProposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
2025-05-01HousePlaced on file, in concurrence
2025-05-12SenateCalled for consideration in the joint session
2025-05-14JointJoint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 8, 2025
2025-10-06JointOrder relative to session adopted and recessed to Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 11:30AM
2025-10-09JointJoint session held and recessed to Wednesday, April 8, 2026
2026-04-08JointJoint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 28, 2026

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2025-04-30 15:00  ·  Should the Committee be authorized to adversely report the following amendments?

favorable · 5

adverse · 1

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

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-03-25Revenue (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AdverseRevenue (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.