Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 49 – Report No. 47
November 18-22, 2024
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from budget vetoes by Gov. Maura Healey. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.
During the week of November 18-22, the House met for a total of one hour and nine minutes and the Senate met for a total of one hour and five minutes.
$2.4 MILLION FOR SCHOOLS PLANNING EXPANDED SCHOOL DAYS OR SCHOOL YEARS (H 4800)- House 133-24, overrode Gov. Healey’s veto of the entire $2.4 million for grants to cities, towns and regional school districts for planning and implementing expanded learning time by making school days and/or school years longer.
The Senate did not act on the veto so the veto stands and the $2.4 million was eliminated.
(A “Yes” vote is for the $2.4 million. A “No” vote is against it.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes                                        Rep. Donald Wong            No            Â
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$1.1 MILLION FOR STEM STARTER ACADEMY (H 4800)- House 155-2, overrode Gov. Healey’s veto of $1.1 million (reducing funding from $4.7 million to $3.6 million) for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Starter Academy programs to be implemented at Massachusetts community colleges to benefit student populations identified by the department as having expressed a high level of interest in STEM majors and STEM careers but are underperforming on STEM academic assessments.
The Senate did not act on the veto so the veto stands and the $1.1 million was eliminated.
(A “Yes” vote is for the $1.1 million. A “No” vote is against it.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes                                        Rep. Donald Wong            Yes                                   Â
$500,000 FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER (H 4800)- House 134-24, overrode Gov. Healey’s veto of $500,000 for the Massachusetts Information Technology Center, a secure state office building in Chelsea that houses multiple state agencies, including IT-centric operations for the Department of Revenue, the Department of Criminal Justice Information Systems and the Firearm Records Bureau.
The Senate did not act on the veto so the veto stands and the $500,000 was eliminated.
(A “Yes” vote is for the $500,000. A “No” vote is against it.)
    Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian  Yes                                        Rep. Donald Wong            No                                     Â
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