Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 50 – Report No. 15
April 7 – 11, 2025
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of April 7-11. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.During the week of April 7-11, the House met for a total of seven hours and 26 minutes while the Senate met for a total of 20 minutes.
$1.3 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION (H 4005)- House 140-14, approved and sent to the Senate a $1.3 billion supplemental budget that uses funds generated from the recent surtax imposed on taxpayers’ earnings of more than $1 million annually, to fund $353 million for education-related projects and $828 million for transportation-related ones. It also includes non-surtax spending that pushes the combined bottom line to roughly $1.3 billion.
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – Yes
Rep. Donald Wong – Yes
$50 MILLION TO CITIES AND TOWNS FOR LOCAL ROADS (H 4005)- House 25-125, rejected an amendment that would reduce funding for the MBTA by $50 million (from $818 million to $768 million) and instead give the $50 million to cities and towns for roads using a formula based strictly on each municipality’s local road mileage. Currently, communities receive roads funding based on their population, employment and total road miles.
(A “Yes” vote is for $50 million for cities and towns. A “No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – No
Rep. Donald Wong – Yes
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