Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 51 – Report No. 30
July 20 – 24, 2026
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of July 20-24.
During the week of July 20-24, the House met for a total of five hours and six minutes and the Senate met for a total of 17 hours and 29 minutes.
ABORTION (H 5595)- House 119-33, approved and sent to the Senate legislation that would loosen restrictions on abortions that can be performed after 24 weeks of gestation. The bill removes existing requirements that limit abortions at 24 weeks of pregnancy or later to four specific medical circumstances and instead allows licensed physicians and providers to rely on their best medical judgment when caring for patients.
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it.)
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian – Yes
Rep. Donald Wong – No
EXEMPT INCOME FROM OVERTIME AND TIPS FROM THE INCOME TAX (S 3178)- Senate 7-32, rejected an amendment that would exempt from the state’s 5% income tax, up to $12,500 of income from overtime and up to $25,000 of income from tips.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment exempting some overtime and tips income from the income tax. A “No” vote is against the exemption.)
Sen. Jason Lewis – No
DEATH TAX/ESTATE TAX (S 3178)- Senate 5-34, rejected an amendment that would abolish the tax that the estates of people who die are required to pay following their death, before the money is distributed to any beneficiary. Current law only exempts the first $2 million and then imposes the tax on the remainder based on a graduated rate schedule ranging from 7.2% for estates just over $2 million to 16% for estates over $10 million.
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment abolishing the tax. A “No” vote is against abolishing it.)
Sen. Jason Lewis – No
CHAPTER 62F – CHANGE WHAT TRIGGERS A REFUND TO TAXPAYERS (S 3178)- Senate 31-8 approved an amendment that would change the conditions under which a current law (known as 62F), approved by voters on the 1986 ballot, is triggered. That law requires that annual tax revenue above a certain amount collected by the state go back to the taxpayers. The amendment would only allow the law to be triggered if “the net state tax revenues in the fiscal year are less than 7.5 per cent of the total statewide personal income for the calendar year ending in the fiscal year as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment that only allows the law to be triggered if the net state tax revenues in the fiscal year are less than 7.5 per cent of the total statewide personal income. A “No” vote is against the amendment.)
Sen. Jason Lewis – Yes
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