Numbers of Bills Considered at a Hearing Senate #10

Vote Description

This was a vote on amendment #5 to S.8, the Senate Rules. This amendment limits committees from taking up more than 50 bills in one hearing.

Mass Fiscal Explanation

Mass Fiscal supports a yes vote because limiting the amount of bills per hearing is a good government issue. Those who attend a hearing to give testimony on a bill will often times attend for the full four hour hearing and their bill will not have had an opportunity to be heard because so many others are being covered. This will hopefully lessen that chance if the committee can only plan to hear testimony on no more than 50 bills at a time. Link to bill: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S8/Amendments/Senate Link to Senate Roll Calls for this bill. Refer to #10: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S8/RollCall

Mass Fiscal's Stance

Fiscal Responsibility Vote

Good Government Vote

Vote result on 01/31/2019

FAILED

Yea
8

Nay
32

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Michael BarrettThird Middlesex 9%
Joe BoncoreFirst Suffolk and Middlesex 9%
Michael Brady2nd Plymouth & Norfolk 9%
William N. BrownsbergerSuffolk & Middlesex 9%
Harriette L. ChandlerFirst Worcester 9%
Sonia Chang-DiazSecond Suffolk 9%
Nick Collins1st Suffolk 9%
Jo ComefordHampshire, Franklin & Worcester 9%
Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk & Middlesex 9%
Brendan P. Crighton3rd Essex 9%
Julian CyrCape and Islands 9%
Viriato Manuel deMacedoPlymouth and Barnstable 76%
Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk 9%
Diana DiZoglio1st Essex 25%
James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester 13%
Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and Hampden 97%
Paul R FeeneyBristol and Norfolk 13%
Barry R. FinegoldSecond Essex and Middlesex 9%
Cindy FriedmanFourth Middlesex 9%
Anne M. GobiWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Middlesex 25%
Adam G. HindsBerkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden 11%
Donald F. HumasonSecond Hampden and Hampshire 76%
Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex 9%
John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth 9%
Edward Kennedy1st Middlesex 9%
Eric P. LesserFirst Hampden and Hampshire 9%
Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex 9%
Joan B. LovelySecond Essex 9%
Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth 16%
Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester 22%
Patrick O'Connor1st Plymouth & Norfolk 47%
Marc R. PachecoFirst Plymouth and Bristol 16%
Becca RauschNorfolk, Worcester & Middlesex 13%
Michael J. RodriguesFirst Bristol and Plymouth 9%
Michael F. RushNorfolk and Suffolk 9%
Karen SpilkaMiddlesex & Norfolk 5%
Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 59%
Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Bristol and Plymouth 16%
Dean TranWorcester and Middlesex 81%
James T. WelchHampden 9%