MassVoter.com← All 2017–2018 votesSenate roll call #331 · 2017–2018 session
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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: S.2320, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed S.2320
Sponsor Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (36)
- 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
- Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex · Democrat
- Julian Cyr Cape and Islands · Democrat
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk · Democrat
- Cindy F. Friedman Fourth Middlesex · 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
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second 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
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex · Republican
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Did not vote (3)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
What it means
Bars colleges, the University of Massachusetts, K-12 schools and employers from requiring or pressuring students, job applicants, employees or interns to share passwords to personal social media accounts, show content from them, or add a coach, teacher or employer as a contact, and from punishing anyone who refuses. Public information is not covered, and schools and employers may still ask for access in specific investigations if they give notice of the grounds and have no other reasonable way to get the information; schools must also tell students they do not have to agree. Students may sue for $500 per willful violation or actual damages if higher, plus costs and attorneys' fees; violations of the employer rules are enforced under section 150 of chapter 149 of the General Laws.
Source: official text and history of S.2320 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: S.2320 on malegislature.gov · official roll call. MassVoter never grades or scores legislators. How to read this