Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 50 – Report No. 52
December 22 – 26, 2025
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week.
During the week of December 22-26, the House met for a total of 26 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 29 minutes.
This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times each senator sided with Gov. Maura Healey on her 15 vetoes of state budget items in the 2025 legislative session.
In the current 39-member Senate, a two-thirds vote is required to override a gubernatorial veto. That means the governor needs the support of 14 senators to sustain a veto.
Healey fell far short of that goal as five votes was the most support she received on any veto. The Senate easily overrode all 15 vetoes, including eight that were overridden unanimously.
None of the 33 Democrats ever sided with Healey to support/sustain a single veto.
All five Republicans sided with Democratic Gov. Healey to support/sustain a veto at least once.
PERCENTAGE OF TIME SENATORS VOTED TO SUPPORT GOV. HEALEY’S 15 BUDGET VETOES – The percentage is the percentage of times that the senators supported Gov. Healey’s 15 vetoes. The number in parentheses is the number of times the senator supported her vetoes.
Sen. Jason Lewis – 0 percent (0)
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