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

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

S15  ·  Report

30 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
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #1 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #2 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #2 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #3 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #4 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #5 (Tarr) adopted
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #7 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #8 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #9 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #3 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #10 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #4 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #11 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #12 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #13 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #5 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #14 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #19 (Jehlen) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #21 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #22 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #6 (Yeas 9 to Nays 29)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #24 (Tarr) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #25 (Feeney) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #26 (Keenan) adopted -see Roll Call #7 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #27 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #28 (Keenan) rejected
2025-02-12SenateAmendment #29 (Keenan) rejected -see Roll Call #8 (Yeas 6 to Nays 32)
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #20 (Jehlen) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #16 (Rausch) rejected
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #17 (Rausch) adopted
2025-02-13SenateAmendment #15 (Lovely) adopted
2025-02-13SenateReprinted as amended, see S18

7 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-02-12 16:41SenateNo. 2Question on adoption of the amendment 25–33
2025-02-12 16:59SenateNo. 3Question on adoption of the amendment 96–32
2025-02-12 17:06SenateNo. 4Question on adoption of the amendment 105–33
2025-02-12 17:17SenateNo. 5Question on adoption of the amendment 136–32
2025-02-12 17:30SenateNo. 6Question on adoption of the amendment 229–29
2025-02-12 17:40SenateNo. 7Question on adoption of the amendment 2638–0
2025-02-12 17:49SenateNo. 8Question on adoption of the amendment 296–32

29 amendments filed

21 rejected  ·  5 adopted  ·  3 withdrawn

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Notification of public hearings by joint and special committess Bruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 2Number of bills to be heardBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 3Joint Rule 10 deadlineBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 4Prioritizing bills that passed in previous sessionsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 5Requirements for executive sessionBruce E. TarrAdopted
Senate 6Withdrawn
Senate 7Fast tracking home rule petitionsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 8Meeting standards for conference committeesBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 9Minority conference committee reportBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 1048 Hours for conference committee reportsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 11Summary requirementsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 12Online review of conference committee reports by the publicBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 13Timeline for review of conference committee reportsBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 14Limitations of initial extension ordersBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 15Corrective AmendmentJoan B. LovelyAdopted
Senate 16Environmental Climate ActionRebecca L. RauschRejected
Senate 17Clarification of Recorded VotesRebecca L. RauschAdopted
Senate 18Withdrawn
Senate 19Summaries of reported billsPatricia D. JehlenRejected
Senate 20Renaming the committee on Elder AffairsPatricia D. JehlenAdopted
Senate 21Visual AidsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 22Considering Conference ReportsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 23Withdrawn
Senate 24Conference Committee being highlighted on general court websiteBruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 25Adding Telecommunications to Committee TitlePaul R. FeeneyRejected
Senate 26Preventing Unjustified Financial Gain for Members and Their FamilesJohn F. KeenanAdopted
Senate 27Requiring Summaries for Conference Committee ReportsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 28End of Session DeadlineJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 29Limiting Joint Committee ExtensionsJohn F. KeenanRejected

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.