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An Act improving campaign finance reporting for statewide ballot questions

Filed by  ·  11 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2916  ·  Bill

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-01-15SenateText of S2898, reprinted as amended
2026-01-15SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #127 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
2026-01-22HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-01HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5549, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-01HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-07-01HouseRules suspended
2026-07-01HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-01HouseOrdered to a third reading
2026-07-01HouseRules suspended
2026-07-01HouseRead third
2026-07-01HouseAmendment #7 adopted, as changed
2026-07-01HouseAmendment #9 adopted, as changed
2026-07-01HouseText of H5549 amended, published as H5558
2026-07-01HousePassed to be engrossed -149 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 222)
2026-07-20SenateRules suspended
2026-07-20SenateSenate NON-concurred in the House amendment
2026-07-20SenateCommittee of conference appointed (DiDomenico-Oliveira-Fattman)
2026-07-23HouseHouse insisted on its amendment
2026-07-23HouseCommittee of conference appointed - (Hunt-Peisch-Frost), in concurrence

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-01-15SenateNo. 127Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #127 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)38–0
2026-07-01 15:53HouseNo. 222On passing to be engrossed149–0

12 amendments filed

9 withdrawn  ·  2 adopted, as changed

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 2Dark Money in Local GovernmentSimon CataldoWithdrawn
House 3Concord Remote Town MeetingSimon CataldoWithdrawn
House 4Wayland Remote Town MeetingCarmine Lawrence GentileWithdrawn
House 5Scope of special legislative commissionJack Patrick LewisWithdrawn
House 6Ballot QuestionsBradley H. Jones, Jr.Withdrawn
House 7Special Legislative Commission on Initiative PetitionsBradley H. Jones, Jr.Adopted, as Changed
House 8Candidate Committee Contributions Alice Hanlon PeischWithdrawn
House 9Information for VotersAdam J. ScanlonAdopted, as Changed
House 10Correcting Deficient Ballot Question SummariesKenneth P. SweezeyWithdrawn
House 11Review of Ballot Question SummariesKenneth P. SweezeyWithdrawn
House 12Expanding to all candidates and initiative petitionsChristopher M. MarkeyWithdrawn

Showing 11 of 12. An amendment marked consolidated was folded into a consolidated amendment, which under House Rule 33F cannot be adopted except by a roll call.

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-06-30 10:45  ·  S.2916 “An Act improving campaign finance reporting for statewide ballot questions” as amended

favorable · 22

adverse · 1

reserve right · 6

no action · 5

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
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.