MassVoter.com← All sessionsHow the Legislature voted, 2019–2020
Every recorded vote in the Massachusetts House and Senate during the 2019–2020 session. The tally, what it means, and who voted how. No scores, no grades.
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Karen E. SpilkaState Senator, Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
Jack Patrick LewisState Representative, 7th Middlesex · DemocratSessions
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949 votes
Vote without a bill numberAttendance check (quorum call)147–0 · Attendance checkAuthorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of state land in the town of Needham now under the care and cont…Final approval before the bill goes to the Governor39–0 · PassedRelative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparencyAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill39–0 · Amendment adoptedRelative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparencyAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill39–0 · Amendment adoptedRelative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparencyAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill38–1 · Amendment adoptedModernizing tobacco controlApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)127–31 · PassedModernizing tobacco controlAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill32–126 · Amendment rejectedVote without a bill numberAttendance check (quorum call)153–0 · Attendance checkVote without a bill numberAttendance check (quorum call)158–0 · Attendance checkModernizing tobacco controlSend the bill back to a committee36–123 · Did not passAuthorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain parcels of state land in the town of Needham now under the care and cont…Final approval before the bill goes to the Governor159–0 · PassedRelative to campaign financeApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)39–0 · PassedResolve establishing a Deborah Sampson memorial commissionApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)158–0 · PassedTo support improved financial stability in higher educationFinal approval before the bill goes to the Governor158–0 · PassedRelative to the training of higher education counselors on deployment-related health conditionsApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)158–0 · PassedTo support improved financial stability in higher educationApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)37–0 · PassedSupplemental budget for fiscal year 2019Add a proposed change (amendment) to the bill38–0 · Amendment adoptedSupplemental budget for fiscal year 2019Add a proposed change (amendment) to the bill10–28 · Amendment rejectedSupplemental budget for fiscal year 2019Add a proposed change (amendment) to the bill38–1 · Amendment adoptedSupplemental budget for fiscal year 2019Add a proposed change (amendment) to the bill39–0 · Amendment adoptedSupplemental budget for fiscal year 2019Add a proposed change (amendment) to the bill9–30 · Amendment rejectedTo authorize the conveyance by lease or easement and change of use of conservation land in the town of GrotonFinal approval before the bill goes to the Governor39–0 · PassedRelative to educational opportunity for studentsApprove the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)155–0 · PassedVote without a bill numberOn Suspension House Rule 1A132–23 · PassedVote without a bill numberAttendance check (quorum call)149–0 · Attendance checkFrom 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