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Providing for the financing of certain improvements to municipal roads and bridges
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What they voted on
Approve the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)
Official wording: H.2783, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed H.2783
Sponsor Joint Committee on Transportation
Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (37)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester · Democrat
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Jennifer L. Flanagan Worcester and Middlesex · Democrat
- Linda Dorcena Forry First Suffolk · Democrat
- Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex · Democrat
- Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden · Democrat
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second Essex · Democrat
- Thomas M. McGee Third Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
- James E. Timilty Bristol and Norfolk · Democrat
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Did not vote (2)
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
What it means
Makes $200,000,000 available to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for cities and towns to build and rebuild local roads, with towns notified of their share by April 1 each year and reimbursed, if funds are available, within 30 days of a request for completed eligible work. It also sets $70,000,000 for information technology projects for the Department of Transportation. The state may borrow up to $200,000,000 in bonds of up to 30 years for roads and $70,000,000 in bonds of up to 10 years for technology.
Source: official text and history of H.2783 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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Source: H.2783 on malegislature.gov · official roll call. MassVoter never grades or scores legislators. How to read this