Removing Potential New Taxes from Bond Bill Senate #236
Vote Description
This was a vote on amendment #230 to S.2813, the Senate's $16.9 billion transportation bond bill. This amendment would remove a section of the bill that allows for a single municipality or a group of municipalities to raise taxes in order to fund transportation projects. There would be a public vote required, however this circumvents proposition 2 1/2 which requires a vote on the local level in order to raise property taxes by more than 2 1/2%. For more information about the bill on the legislature's website:https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2813
Mass Fiscal Explanation
Mass Fiscal supports this amendment because structuring transportation project funding at a local level opens the doors for many new issues.
Mass Fiscal's Stance
Fiscal Responsibility Vote
Good Government Vote
Vote result on 07/16/2020
FAILED
Yea
8
Nay
31
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| Michael Barrett | Third Middlesex |  | 9% | |
| Joe Boncore | First Suffolk and Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Michael Brady | 2nd Plymouth and Bristol | | 9% | |
| William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Harriette L. Chandler | First Worcester | | 9% | |
| Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Nick Collins | Fourth Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Jo Comeford | Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester | | 9% | |
| Cynthia Stone Creem | First Middlesex and Norfolk | | 9% | |
| Brendan P. Crighton | 3rd Essex | | 9% | |
| Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | | 9% | |
| Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Diana DiZoglio | 1st Essex | | 25% | |
| James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | | 13% | |
| Ryan C. Fattman | Worcester and Norfolk |  | 97% | |
| Paul R Feeney | Bristol and Norfolk | | 13% | |
| Barry R. Finegold | Second Essex and Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Cindy Friedman | Fourth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Middlesex | | 25% | |
| Adam G. Hinds | Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | | 11% | |
| Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | | 9% | |
| John F. Keenan | Norfolk and Plymouth | | 9% | |
| Edward Kennedy | 1st Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Eric P. Lesser | First Hampden and Hampshire | | 9% | |
| Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | | 9% | |
| Mark C. Montigny | Second Bristol and Plymouth | | 16% | |
| Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | | 22% | |
| Patrick O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | | 47% | |
| Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol | | 16% | |
| Becca Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex | | 13% | |
| Michael J. Rodrigues | First Bristol and Plymouth | | 9% | |
| Michael F. Rush | Norfolk and Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Karen Spilka | Second Middlesex and Norfolk | | 5% | |
| Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | | 59% | |
| Walter F. Timilty | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | | 16% | |
| Dean Tran | Worcester and Middlesex | | 81% | |
| John Velis | 2nd Hampden and Hampshire | | 27% | |
| James T. Welch | Hampden | | 9% |