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Election Day · Tuesday, Nov 3
Your Townsend ballot: 13 quizzes, about a minute each.
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2,457 votes across 4 sessions
Modernizing tobacco controlAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill11–27 · Amendment rejectedModernizing tobacco controlAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill8–30 · Amendment rejectedModernizing tobacco controlAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill9–29 · Amendment rejectedModernizing tobacco controlAdd a proposed change (amendment) to the bill39–0 · Amendment adoptedRequiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while drivingFinal approval before the bill goes to the Governor38–1 · PassedRelative to educational opportunity for studentsAccept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators39–0 · PassedRelative to children’s health and wellnessAccept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators155–0 · PassedRequiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while drivingAccept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators154–1 · PassedVote 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 adoptedFrom 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