MassVoter.com← All 2017–2018 votesSenate roll call #68 · 2017–2018 session · July 26, 2017
Further regulating employer contributions to health care
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What they voted on
Official wording: H.3822, Question on rejecting the Governor's amendment
Who filed H.3822
Sponsor NONE
Amendment adopted
Every member's vote
Voted yes (32)
- 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
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- Eileen M. Donoghue First Middlesex · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Linda Dorcena Forry First Suffolk · 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
- 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
- Thomas M. McGee Third Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Stanley C. Rosenberg Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester · Democrat
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Voted no (6)
- Viriato M. deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable · Republican
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
Did not vote (1)
- Jennifer L. Flanagan Worcester and Middlesex · Democrat
What it means
Changes employer health care contributions. Raises three figures in the existing employer contribution law (section 189 of chapter 149) from .34 to .51, from .12 to .18 and from .24 to .36, then sets them back on December 31, 2019. Starting January 1, 2018, employers with more than 5 employees must pay 5 per cent of wages (up to the unemployment insurance taxable wage base) for each worker who gets health coverage through the state division of medical assistance or subsidized Health Connector insurance; this new charge is repealed December 31, 2019, with appeals and collection rules set out. It also sets unemployment insurance experience rates from column 'D' for 2018 and column 'E' for 2019.
Source: official text and history of H.3822 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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