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Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

J25  ·  194th General Court  ·  House chair: Antonio F. D. Cabral  ·  Senate chair: Nick Collins

It shall be the duty of the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to consider all matters concerning competitive bidding on public contracts, public construction, open meeting laws, state regulations, state agencies, lobbyists’ reporting laws and such other matters as may be referred.

2 matters before it  ·  382 reported out  ·  27 hearings  ·  the legislature's own page

249 recorded committee votes

DateBillQuestionPositions
2025-07-18 17:00S2107Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-07-18 17:00S2150Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-07-18 17:00S2153Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-07-18 17:00S2167Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-07-18 17:00S2183Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2025-07-18 17:00S2187Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2025-07-18 17:00S2188Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-07-18 17:00S2201Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-08-01 16:30S2115Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-08-01 16:30S2173Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-08-01 16:30S2212Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-08-01 17:00H3388Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H3392Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H3403Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H3421Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H3427Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H3932Ought to pass - by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-08-01 17:00H4183Ought to pass - by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-09-03 17:00H3292Ought to pass, accompanied by H3419favorable 6  ·  reserve right 3  ·  no action 2
2025-09-03 17:00H3343Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-09-03 17:00H3407Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-09-23 17:00H3297Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3301Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3318Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3335Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3358Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3364Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3377Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3384Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H3395Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H4564Ought to pass -- by substitution of a new draftfavorable 7  ·  no action 4
2025-09-23 17:00H4714Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-09-23 17:00H5166Study orderfavorable 7  ·  no action 4
2025-09-23 17:00H5167Study orderfavorable 7  ·  no action 4
2025-09-29 12:00S2121Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-09-29 12:00S2145Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-09-29 12:00S2148Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-09-29 12:00S2622Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 6
2025-10-09 16:00H12Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 16:00H13Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3286Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3337Ought to passfavorable 7  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3339Ought to passfavorable 7  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3363Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3367Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3411Ought to passfavorable 7  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3423Ought to passfavorable 7  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3424Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H3436Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H4620Ought to pass - by substitution of a new draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:00H5200Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3369Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3374Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3391Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3399Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3434Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-09 17:05H3442Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-20 15:00S2184Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-10-21 12:00H3285Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3288Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3306Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3316Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3320Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3326Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 7  ·  adverse 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3338Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3344Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3353Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3366Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3410Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3412Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H3417Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3422Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H3438Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H4660Ought to pass with a redraftfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-21 12:00H4800Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 7  ·  adverse 1  ·  no action 3
2025-10-21 12:00H5168Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-10-28 17:00S2144Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-10-28 17:00S2156Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-10-28 17:00S2169Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-06 17:00H3307Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H3329Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H3356Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H3362Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H3892Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H4368Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H4415Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-06 17:00H5169Ought to be sent to a studyfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-07 17:00S2109Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2134Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2025-11-07 17:00S2142Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2146Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2147Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2180Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2181Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2186Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2196Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2197Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2203Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2227Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2548Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2025-11-07 17:00S2666Ought to passfavorable 6
2025-11-07 17:00S2725Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2025-11-12 16:00S2725Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2025-11-20 17:00S2104Ought to passfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2119Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2151Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2160Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2182Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2185Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-20 17:00S2850Studyfavorable 3  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3289Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3300Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3317Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3321Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3332Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3333Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3334Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3340Ought to passfavorable 7  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3359Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3361Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3385Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3386Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3389Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H3416Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3428Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H3429Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 12:00H4483Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H4648Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H4823Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draftfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 12:00H5184Ought to be sent to a study - attached: H3341, H3350, H3371, H3372, H3401favorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 17:00H3347Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 17:00H5372Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-11-26 17:00S2846Studyfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 17:00S2847Studyfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 17:00S2848Studyfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2025-11-26 17:00S2849Studyfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3284Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3291Ought to pass - attached: H3313favorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3302Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3315Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3331Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3348Ought to passfavorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3351Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3360Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3376Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3381Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3382Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3390Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H3398Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3409Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3433Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3437Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H3439Ought to pass - attached: H3440, H3441favorable 8  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H4351Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-02 17:00H4625Ought to passfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H4830Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draftfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H4831Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draft, attached: H3283, H3290, H3328, H3342, H342favorable 7  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 2
2025-12-02 17:00H5183Ought to be sent to a study – attached: H3303, H3336, H3349, H3425, H3891, H4028favorable 9  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 11:00H3430Ought to pass by substitution of a new draft - attached: H3326favorable 10  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2118Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2120Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2122Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2149Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2162Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2166Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2214Ought to passfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2215Ought to passfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S2879Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 14:00S3134Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2025-12-03 15:30H12Ought to passfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H13Ought to passfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H40Ought to passfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H5198Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H5199Ought to be sent to studyfavorable 14  ·  adverse 1  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H6Ought to passfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2025-12-03 15:30H7Ought to passfavorable 15  ·  no action 2
2026-01-06 12:00S2123Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-06 12:00S2171Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-06 12:00S2178Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-06 12:00S2190Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-06 12:00S2191Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-06 12:00S2657Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2099Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 4  ·  no action 2
2026-01-12 15:00S2106Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2124Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2133Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2139Ought to passfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2161Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2175Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2193Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2194Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2200Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2205Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2206Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2207Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2208Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2223Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2225Studyfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2226Studyfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2909Studyfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2026-01-12 15:00S2910Studyfavorable 4  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 1
2026-01-14 15:00H4973Ought to pass - by substitution of a new draftfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2026-01-14 15:00H5028Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draftfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2026-01-30 14:00S2103Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2105Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2116Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2127Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2129Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2130Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2131Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2136Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2143Ought to passfavorable 1  ·  reserve right 2  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2159Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2168Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2192Ought to passfavorable 3  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 14:00S2195Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2198Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2199Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2202Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2210Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2211Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2219Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2222Ought to passfavorable 1  ·  reserve right 1  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2943Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2944Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-01-30 14:00S2986Ought to passreserve right 3  ·  no action 3
2026-01-30 17:00S2103Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-30 17:00S2136Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-30 17:00S2211Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-01-30 17:00S2943Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-03-03 10:00H5190Ought to pass - by substitution of a new draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2026-03-03 10:00H5191Ought to pass - by substitution of a new draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2026-03-03 10:00H5192Ought to pass - by substitution of a new draftfavorable 8  ·  no action 3
2026-04-10 11:00H5373Ought to pass by substitution of a new draftfavorable 9  ·  no action 2
2026-04-10 14:30S3058Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-04-22 16:00S2922Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-05-21 18:00S3061Ought to passfavorable 6
2026-05-21 18:00S3073Ought to passfavorable 6
2026-06-16 12:00S2172Ought to passfavorable 2  ·  no action 4
2026-06-17 12:00S2165Ought to passfavorable 6
2026-06-17 12:00S3134Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draftfavorable 6
2026-07-06 10:00H5088Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2026-07-06 10:00H5335Ought to passfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2026-07-06 10:00H5567Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draftfavorable 10  ·  no action 1
2026-07-28 16:00S3187Ought to passfavorable 5  ·  reserve right 1
2026-07-28 16:00S3189Ought to passfavorable 6
2026-07-30 17:30S3230Ought to passfavorable 6
2026-07-30 17:30S3243Studyfavorable 5  ·  no action 1
2026-08-21 17:00H5662Ought to pass – by substitution of a new draftfavorable 9  ·  no action 2

18 public hearings

DateWhereBills heardStatus
2025-04-09A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston28Completed
2025-05-13A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston25Completed
2025-05-15222, 24 Beacon Street, Boston0Completed
2025-06-04Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, Boston23Completed
2025-06-24A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston36Completed
2025-07-15B-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston34Completed
2025-07-22A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston29Completed
2025-09-09A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston21Completed
2025-10-08222, 24 Beacon Street, Boston26Completed
2025-10-14B-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston42Completed
2025-10-29A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston21Completed
2025-11-05B-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston30Completed
2025-11-25Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, Boston2Completed
2025-12-12Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, Boston1Completed
2026-02-12B-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston3Completed
2026-05-20B-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston5Completed
2026-07-27B-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston3Completed
2026-07-30A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston1Completed

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