The Senate took up 60 bills: 36 together on the consent calendar, then 24 one by one, listed below by bill.
Votes Taken
61 voice votes
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The Senate journal does not record who spoke for or against a motion, so this is the vote record without the debate.
On the Consent Calendar
Adopt the Consent Calendar (Decide these bills together without debate)
Motion Passed
Show the 36 billsPassed 29Sent to Interim Study 7
Passed 29
SB 306-FNrelative to manufactured housing rulemaking authority.
SB 318-FNconverting the manufactured housing installations standards board and the board of examiners of nursing home administrators into advisory boards, and creating a new advisory board named the advisory board of massage therapists, reflexologists, structural integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists.
SB 337-FNrelative to doula and lactation service provider certification.
SB 340relative to communication between parents and school districts regarding special education, special education reporting requirements, and the office of the advocate for special education.
SB 350-FNrelative to gap health insurance coverage for prima facie presumptive conditions for emergency response/public safety workers.
SB 353-FNrelative to insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome.
SB 364-FNrelative to establishing a historic housing preservation tax credit.
SB 367reestablishing the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders.
SB 399-FNrelative to insurance coverage for blood testing associated with elevated lead levels.
SB 409-FNrelative to reimbursement for ambulance services under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to support recreational activities for individuals with developmental disabilities.
SB 429relative to the color of executive council official cover plates.
SB 430relative to establishing a council to study the impacts of electric vehicles, e-mobility devices, and the associated lithium-ion batteries on first responder response, the environment, building and fire codes, life safety, and property protection.
SB 439-FNto prohibiting discriminatory boycotts of Israel in state procurement and investments.
SB 440relative to the board of optometry and the regulation of optometry.
SB 469relative to allowing surveillance of a park and ride facility in certain circumstances.
SB 473-FNgoverning unclaimed horse racing ticket and voucher money.
SB 482-FNrelative to National Guard and Staff Judge Advocate access to criminal history records.
SB 486-FNadopting the physician assistant licensure compact.
SB 488relative to the regulation of physician assistants.
SB 495relative to certification of alcohol and other drug use treatment facilities.
SB 497-FNrelative to establishing the disproportionate share hospital fund.
SB 498-FNrelative to the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families.
SB 510relative to sale of a vehicle to a Massachusetts resident.
SB 554-FNrelative to Medicaid provider enrollment licensure verification.
SB 581relative to temporary drivers licenses and non-driver identification cards.
SB 582relative to providing an alternate address to the department of motor vehicles.
SB 584-FNrelative to application of the utility property tax to certain renewable electric generating facilities, and relative to communications services tax revenues.
Sent to Interim Study 7
SB 326-FNrelative to the adjudication of lottery infractions.
SB 336-FNrelative to misrepresentation by public employees.
SB 351-FNrelative to statewide work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents on food stamps.
SB 370-FNrelative to annual training days for retired law enforcement officers.
SB 405-FNrelative to repealing certain rulemaking authority regarding long-term care.
SB 428-FN-Arelative to the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.
SB 466-FNrelative to allowing the department of transportation to erect sound barriers upon request of municipalities.
What the Senate Did That Day
The record does not say what order these came in: the journal page is cited on only a few of them, so they are listed by bill.
directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment, creating a new position, and making an appropriation therefor.
establishing a committee to study the marketing of e-cigarettes and e-liquid in this state, including the legality of available products, appropriate wholesale and retail compliance and tax collection system of the same.
authorizing the sale of toll credits to fund a newly established noise barrier construction fund for the design and construction of noise barrier projects.