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Question on adoption of the amendment 245

S4  ·  Senate roll call No. 180  ·  2026-05-21 11:34  ·  194th General Court (2025 to 2026)
9 yeas, 30 nays, 0 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 245, moved by Bruce E. Tarr  ·  Rejected

Population Change Study

Messrs. Tarr, Durant, O'Connor and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section_ the following section:-  "SECTION_. The University of Massachusetts shall conduct a study of changes in the population in the commonwealth in the last 10 years, projected changes in the next 10 years, the causes including but not limited to positive and negative factors influencing such changes so as to inform the decisions of state government. In conducting said study, the university shall create and advisory panel for the purposes of consultation and  guidance, which shall include the Chancellor or a designee, representatives selected by the governor from the Executive Offi…

yea · 9

nay · 30

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.