The Senate, Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Senate took up 8 bills, listed below by bill.

Journal
Senate Journal 17
Votes Taken
5 roll calls2 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.

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.

HB 1127 (2024)Became Law
relative to the revocation and suspension of drivers' licenses and to invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants.

Special Order (Take the bill up at a set time)

Motion Passed: Rescheduled

In the record: Special Order to the end of the day unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, Without Objection

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓HouseFeb 8, 2024✓SenateMay 23, 2024✓GovernorAug 2, 2024✓LawJan 1, 2025
HB 1197 (2024)Became Law
relative to criminal background checks and relative to insurance coverage for intrauterine insemination.

Special Order (Take the bill up at a set time)

Motion Passed: Rescheduled

In the record: Special Order to the end of the House Bills unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, Without Objection

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓HouseMar 7, 2024✓SenateMay 23, 2024✓GovernorAug 23, 2024✓Law
relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan and relative to federal immigration enforcement.

Adopt the Conference Committee Report (Accept the negotiated version) 2024-2304c

Motion Passed: Compromise Adopted 14–10 on a roll call

Printed in the journal with this session day, and entered in the docket on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the date the bill’s own history gives it.

Without Objection, Sen. Soucy Moved the Question

Motion Passed

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓HouseFeb 8, 2024✓SenateMay 23, 2024Governor✕LawOct 10, 2024
relative to eliminating voter identification exceptions.

Adopt the Conference Committee Report (Accept the negotiated version)

Motion Passed: Compromise Adopted 14–10 on a roll call

In the record: Adopt Conference Committee Report

The docket has no line for this vote: the question is as the General Court’s roll-call file words it.

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓HouseMar 14, 2024✓SenateMay 16, 2024Governor✕LawOct 10, 2024
relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts and the scholarship organization's costs of administering the program, extending phase-out grants for education freedom accounts, and revising the definitions of average daily membership in attendance and average daily membership in residence.

Adopt the Conference Committee Report (Accept the negotiated version) 2024-2307c

Motion Passed: Compromise Adopted 14–10 on a roll call

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓HouseFeb 8, 2024✓SenateMay 22, 2024Governor✕LawJun 13, 2024
relative to magistrates, bail commissioners, the standards applicable to and the administration of bail, and making appropriations.

Adopt the Conference Committee Report (Accept the negotiated version) 2024-2303c

Motion Passed: Compromise Adopted 24–0 on a roll call

Printed in the journal with this session day, and entered in the docket on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the date the bill’s own history gives it.

✓IntroducedJan 5, 2023✓HouseApr 11, 2024✓SenateMay 23, 2024✓GovernorAug 1, 2024✓Law
relative to manufactured housing rulemaking authority.

Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote

Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).

In the record: Concur with the House Amendment

Reconsider (Vote again on a decision)

Motion Passed: Vote Reopened on a voice vote

Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).

In the record: Reconsider the vote on Nonconcur with the House Amendment

✓IntroducedJan 3, 2024✓SenateFeb 8, 2024✓HouseMay 2, 2024✓GovernorAug 23, 2024✓Law