Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 49 – Report No. 46
November 11-15, 2024
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of November 11-15.
During the week of November 11-15, the House met for a total of five hours and 22 minutes and the Senate met for a total of five hours and 43 minutes.
$3.9 BILLION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE (H 5100)- House 137-8 and then 139-4, Senate 39-1, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey a $3.9 billion economic development package that supporters say would make bold investments in life sciences, climate tech, AI and small businesses, “building on Massachusetts’ national leadership and creating an environment where businesses and workers thrive.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it. The House held two separate roll calls on the same bill so there are two votes listed for each representative.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes/Yes                                    Rep. Donald Wong            Yes/Yes                                    Sen. Jason Lewis            Yes            Â
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CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE (S 2967)- House 128-17, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey climate/energy legislation that supporters say will make systemic changes to the state’s clean energy infrastructure which will help the state achieve its net zero emissions by 2050 goals. They say it will also expand electric vehicle use and infrastructure and protect residents and ratepayers.
A House-Senate conference committee drafted the compromise version to resolve the differences in the competing versions approved by the House and Senate earlier this year.
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes                                        Rep. Donald Wong            Yes                Â
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CHANGE WHO APPOINTS THE FIRM TO AUDIT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (H 5105)- House 135-10, approved a new House rule that amends the current process by which the House appoints a private, independent auditing firm to audit the books of the House. Under the current rule 85A, the House business manager hires the company that will do the audit. Under the new rule 85A, the state auditor, currently Diana DiZoglio, would recommend a firm to conduct the audit and the business manager would hire that firm.
Among the House’s 132 Democrats, 123 voted in favor of the new rule and nine did not vote. No Democrat voted against the rule. Among the 24 House Republicans, 11 voted for the new rule, three did not vote and ten voted against it. The one unenrolled member of the House voted for the rule.
In November, voters approved Question 1 which created a new state law that would allow the state auditor to audit the Legislature. The vote was 71.6 percent in favor to 28.4 percent opposed. The new House rule 85A does not change that law.
(A “Yes” vote is for the rule change. A “No” vote is against it.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes                                        Rep. Donald Wong            Yes                                   Â
 For more information and details on each bill, roll call attendance, and other relevant information, please visit the Wakefield Daily Item at www.localheadlinenews.com.
