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Proposed Senate Rules for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session

Reported by Temporary Senate Committee on Rules  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S14  ·  Report

42 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-06SenateReported from the Temporary Committee on Rules
2025-02-06SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-02-06SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2025
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #1 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #4 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #8 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #9 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #12 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #15 (Rausch) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #17 (Rausch) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #18 (Jehlen) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #20 (Fattman) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #23 (Fattman) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #24 (Fattman) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #26 (Keenan) laid aside as duplicative
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #28 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #29 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #30 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #31 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #32 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #34 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #35 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #18 (Yeas 5 to Nays 32)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #36 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #19 (Yeas 6 to Nays 31)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #37 (Rausch) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #38 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #39 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #3 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #20 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #5 (Tarr) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #6 (Tarr) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #7 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #10 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #21 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #13 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #16 (Rausch) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #19 (Fattman) rejected -see Roll Call #22 (Yeas 6 to Nays 31)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #21 (Fattman) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #25 (Fattman) rejected -see Roll Call #23 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #27 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #33 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #2 (Tarr) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #22 (Friedman) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #14 (Lovely) adopted
2025-02-13SenateReprinted as amended, see S19

6 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-02-13 13:36SenateNo. 18Question on adoption of the amendment 355–32
2025-02-13 13:53SenateNo. 19Question on adoption of the amendment 366–31
2025-02-13 15:23SenateNo. 20Question on adoption of the amendment 35–33
2025-02-13 15:33SenateNo. 21Question on adoption of the amendment 106–32
2025-02-13 15:51SenateNo. 22Question on adoption of the amendment 196–31
2025-02-13 16:00SenateNo. 23Question on adoption of the amendment 256–32

39 amendments filed

29 rejected  ·  8 adopted  ·  1 withdrawn  ·  1 laid aside

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Successive Legislative DaysBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 2Calling for a minority caucusBruce E. TarrAdopted
Senate 3Modifying the dilatory timeline for laying a matter on the tableBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 4Time to review legislative mattersBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 5Members receiving SWM GAA recommendationBruce E. TarrAdopted
Senate 6Filing amendments to the GAABruce E. TarrAdopted
Senate 7Timeline for orders printed in the calendarBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 8Time to review redrafted amendmentsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 9Rule 33A timelineBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 10Going past 10PMBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 11Withdrawn
Senate 12Motion to print amendments in the CalendarBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 13Best efforts for in person attendanceBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 14Corrective AmendmentJoan B. LovelyAdopted
Senate 15Joint PetitionsRebecca L. RauschAdopted
Senate 16Senate Committee on Reproductive Rights and FreedomRebecca L. RauschRejected
Senate 17Clarifying Public AvailabilityRebecca L. RauschAdopted
Senate 18Summaries of reported billsPatricia D. JehlenAdopted
Senate 19Virtual vote designationRyan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 20Unanimous consent for session past the hour of 10pmRyan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 21Unanimous consent for session past midnight Ryan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 22Ensuring Consistent Debate ProcedureCindy F. FriedmanAdopted
Senate 23Updating the motion to lay a matter on the tableRyan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 24Updating Rule 24 Ryan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 25Clarifying legislative days for Rule 24Ryan C. FattmanRejected
Senate 26Requiring Committee Bill SummariesJohn F. KeenanLaid aside
Senate 27Bills and ResolvesJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 28Reasonable Amount of TimeJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 29LitigationJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 30Senate Staff InputJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 31Making Session Available to Local Access Television StationsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 32Technical AmendmentsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 33Timely Filing of Senate AuditJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 34Senate President Election Roll CallsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 35In-Person VotingJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 36Continuing Beyond MidnightJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 37Remote Quorum CountsRebecca L. RauschRejected
Senate 38Procurement ReportingJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 39Senate counsel selectionBruce E. TarrRejected

1 committee vote

TS29  ·  2025-02-06 10:30  ·  Ought to be accepted

favorable · 7

reserve right · 2

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

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Committee ReportTS29

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.