HB 1700
adding a non-voting student member to the state board of education.
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On the record
Quoted from the General Court bill status page, not worked out from the docket.
| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 3/5/2026 |
| LSR number | 2325 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H62 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Every floor vote on this bill was a voice or division vote, so there is no record of how individual legislators voted.
A bill goes on the consent calendar when the committee vote was unanimous or nearly so, and any members who dissented did not object to placing it there. It then passes without floor debate. Ten members may file a petition to pull a bill off the consent calendar and have it debated and voted on separately.
Sponsors
Alexander, Joe(R) Hills 29, McDonnell, Valerie(R) Rock 25, Thibault, James(R) Merr 25
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 11, 2026Public Hearing: 02/11/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- February 18, 2026Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- February 25, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/18/2026 (Vote 15-1; 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 bill proposes adding a student member to the State Board of Education. This is viewed as both impractical and either inappropriate or unnecessary, depending on the age of the student, where minor students have no place on the highest executive education policy committee in the state, and where adult students ought to pursue the normal methods of appointment to the board without any special pathway if they desire to serve. Vote 15-1.
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 11, 2026 at 10:00Education Policy and Administration public hearing recording 0:03:32–0:06:32, about 3 min (estimated)
- February 18, 2026 at 10:00Education Policy and Administration executive session recording 2:19:00–2:19:30, about 0 min (estimated)
- March 5, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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