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Question on adoption of the amendment 612

S4  ·  Senate roll call No. 169  ·  2026-05-20 12:00  ·  194th General Court (2025 to 2026)
39 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 612, moved by Michael F. Rush  ·  Adopted

Healthy Social Media Use

Messrs. Rush, Cyr, Keenan, Velis and O'Connor, Ms. Lovely and Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7010-0005, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended as grants to school districts to support the education of students on safe, responsible and healthy social media use, which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) curriculum frameworks and other instructional materials that promote evidence-based practices; and (ii) educator training and professional development”; and by striking out the figure “$13,664,723” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$15,664,723”.

yea · 39

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.