Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 51 – Report No. 6
February 2 – 6, 2026
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: During the week of February 2-6, the House met for a total of 28 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 37 minutes.
The heat was turned up last week on the more than 1-year debate on Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s right to audit the House of Representatives. In the November 2024 election, voters approved Ballot Question 1 asking them if they favor allowing the state auditor to audit the Legislature. The question passed overwhelmingly by 72 percent of the vote. It has now been 15 months since the voters approved the audit but a current audit has yet to take place.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Auditor Diana DiZoglio have been at loggerheads about the issue, as DiZoglio has repeatedly requested that Campbell represent her in suing the House or allow DiZoglio to hire an outside lawyer to sue the House for not complying with her attempted audit. Campbell contends that she needs more information from DiZoglio.
HOW LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES VOTED IN FEBRUARY 2025, WHEN THE HOUSE REJECTED AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW DIZOGLIO TO AUDIT THE HOUSE (H 2024)- This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call looks back to February 2025 when the House 24-127, three months after voters approved the audit, rejected an amendment that would require DiZoglio to conduct an annual audit of the House. The amendment would replace a current House rule that the state auditor recommends a firm to conduct an annual audit of the House and the business manager of the House would hire that firm.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment requiring the state auditor to conduct an annual audit. A “No” vote is against the amendment.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – No
Rep. Donald Wong – Yes
2024 Statewide Question 1: Summary of Question 1 – This proposed law would specify that the State Auditor has the authority to audit the Legislature.
Massachusetts:
· Yes: 2,326,911
· No: 924,289
· Blank: 261,730
· Total: 3,512,930
Wakefield:
· Yes: 10,940
· No: 4,200
· Blank: 1,338
· Total: 16,478
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