Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 51 – Report No. 11
March 9 – 13, 2026
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on local representatives’ votes on roll calls from prior sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.
During the week of March 9-13, the House met for a total of 13 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 44 minutes.
ALLOW FOR TRANSLATION AND TRANSCRIPTION (H 5093)- House 12-145, rejected an amendment to a bill that would prohibit the distribution of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) communications within 90 days of an election, including audio or visual media which depicts a candidate with intent to injure their reputation or deceive a voter into voting for or against them.
The amendment would narrow the language to allow the use of AI for translation and transcription.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment. A “No” vote is against it.
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – No
Rep. Donald Wong – No
PROPANE FUEL (H 5151)- House 25-128, rejected an amendment to a bill that supporters said would result in over $9 billion in savings for utility ratepayers over the next ten years.
The amendment would provide that if a propane vendor fails to perform timely delivery of propane, as required under a signed agreement, and the failure results in the customer’s propane supply being depleted or critically low, the customer would have the right to sign a new contract with another licensed propane vendor, regardless of whether the tank or equipment is owned or leased by the original vendor.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment. A “No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – No
Rep. Donald Wong – Yes
GREEN ENERGY (H 5151)- House 25-139, rejected an amendment to a current law that requires retail electrical suppliers to provide a minimum percentage of kilowatt-hour sales to customers from renewable energy generating sources. The amendment would eliminate the renewable energy requirement if compliance would not be cost effective or would result in additional costs to consumers.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment. A “No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – No
Rep. Donald Wong – Yes
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