CACR 28
relating to morality and piety. Providing that town, parishes, bodies corporate, or religious societies may elect and contract with teachers.
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On the record
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| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 3/5/2026 |
| LSR number | 3015 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H62 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
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Sponsors
Soti, Julius(R) Rock 35, Potenza, Kelley(R) Straf 19, Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt(R) Rock 30, Sellers, John(R) Graf 10
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration
- February 4, 2026Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 01:00 pm GP 232
- February 9, 2026Executive Session: 02/09/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- February 17, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/09/2026 (Vote 14-1; CC)
- March 5, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
Inexpedient to Legislate
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.
Committee — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
This constitutional amendment is brought with an eye towards correcting what is seen as an error in previous amending processes that, it is suggested, violated norms of informed consent in adoption and resulted in taxation authority being claimed by the state that was never affirmatively conferred by the people. While there is a level of sympathy for the problems espoused, the pursuit of this particular CACR does not seem to logically follow, as it is admitted that this amendment would take us back to very early language that would be in direct conflict with other constitutional provisions, thereby introducing perhaps larger problems than it aims to solve, not the least of which being the insertion of the state into the affairs of the church to the detriment of both. It is the opinion of the committee that, if a genuine problem can be identified for which resolution is necessary, and the solution is to be a CACR, the resolution ought to be pursued directly, not indirectly by attempting to revert to a prior state of affairs, and without introducing further readily identifiable problems. Vote 14-1.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- February 4, 2026 at 13:00Education Policy and Administration public hearing recording 3:03:11–3:53:47, about 51 min (estimated)
- February 9, 2026 at 10:00Education Policy and Administration executive session recording 0:00:00–0:00:30, about 0 min (estimated)
- March 5, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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