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State budget for fiscal year 2019Set aside the chamber's usual rules to take this up now114–34 · PassedPromoting climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunityFinal approval before the bill goes to the Governor148–0 · PassedRelative to the establishment of a means tested senior citizen property tax exemptionApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)150–0 · PassedRelative to Diabetes preventionSet aside the chamber's usual rules to take this up now116–34 · PassedRegulating and insuring short-term rentalsAccept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators119–30 · PassedAuthorizing the town of Rehoboth to transfer a conservation easement on a certain parcel of landFinal approval before the bill goes to the Governor36–0 · PassedRelative to the transitional aid to families with dependent children programQuestion on rejecting the Governor's amendment30–7 · Amendment adoptedState budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto31–5 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto30–6 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto32–4 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto30–6 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto33–3 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto31–5 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto33–3 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto31–5 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto36–0 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto35–1 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto34–2 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)State budget for fiscal year 2019Override the Governor's veto31–5 · Veto overridden (needs two-thirds)From the official record of the Massachusetts Legislature (malegislature.gov): roll call votes, bill titles and member lists. Only roll call votes record how each member voted; many bills pass on a voice vote with no individual record. MassVoter never grades or scores legislators. How to read this