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Question on adoption of the amendment 7

S16  ·  Senate roll call No. 11  ·  2025-02-12 18:18  ·  194th General Court (2025 to 2026)
8 yeas, 30 nays, 1 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 7, moved by Peter J. Durant  ·  Rejected

Priority to Massachusetts residents whose initial cause occurred in the Commonwealth

Mr. Durant, Ms. Dooner and Messrs. O'Connor, Tarr and Fattman move that the proposed new text be amended in section 6 by inserting after paragraph (v), the following:- “(vi) require that for any state funded housing program that provides long-term, permanent and stable housing within the commonwealth, the executive office prioritizes benefits to applicants who have established legal residency in Massachusetts and whose initial cause of homelessness and application for such benefits occurred while residing legally in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

yea · 8

nay · 30

absent · 1

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.