Mass Scorecard 2025-2026: Bill H.2026 RollCall 13, 14, 20, and 22

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2026

This is a series of four votes in the "House Rules" on Feb. 25, 2025. All House legislators voted exactly the same on all four votes, so we record them as one Scorecard score. All four votes were amendments to Bill H.2026 or Bill H.2024 (we list that bill separately for its "Audit the Legislature" vote, which had a different voting record that these four). The four votes are:

  • Amendment #2 to HB2026: This amendment requires that all matters taken up after the previous July 31st deadline in the second year of a two year session be voted on with a recorded roll call vote. This includes the new lame duck session timeframe that takes place after an election but before the end of session.
  • Amendment #3 to HB2026: This amendment would require a two week notice before any votes are expected, if taking place after the previous July 31st deadline which would now include a lame duck session that takes place after an election but before the end of session
  • Amendment #18 to HB2024: This amendment would require two days to review bills that are under consideration in a formal session rather than one.
  • Amendment #2 to HB2024: This amendment would require that a list of matters and copies of all bills that are to be voted in committee to be made available to the members of each committee electronically no less 2 hours prior to their consideration.

    Senate equivalent: Just three votes in Senate; we count the vote in which the most Senators voted with the Platform (those 9 Senators also voted YES on the other two votes):
  • S.15 Senate Rules Bill
  • Amendment #13 to S.15 Failed: Yes 6 No 32 Absent 2: Prohibits consideration of conference committee reports if filed within 72 hours of the end of formal session, and requires unanimous consent of all members to revoke, repeal, or suspend said rule. Conference committee reports are pieces of legislation that come out of a closed door reconciliation process, and have in the past, involved measures not previously included in past approved versions. Adding this buffer time ensures adequate time for legislators to review what are often complex bills, and at traditionally very busy time.
  • Amendment #10 to S.15 Failed: Yes 5 No 33 Absent 2: Requires a minimum of 48 hours before consideration of conference committee reports, and requires the reports must be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the filing day. Conference committee reports are pieces of legislation that come out of a closed door reconciliation process, and have in the past, involved measures not previously included in past approved versions. Allowing for time to review the legislation before being expected to vote on it is best practice.
  • Amendment #22 to S.15 Failed: Yes 9 No 29 Absent 2: Requires all conference committee reports include a recorded roll call vote. We cite the Mass Fiscal Scorecard in the links above because Mass.gov, the Massachusetts Legislature website, hides this information from the public. These four votes are about legislative transparency, but also exemplify the lack of transparency in the Massachusetts legislature. We challenge skeptics to find the amendment texts on the Mass.gov website -- you can start here: If you can find the texts of the amendments that led to the four votes, please let us know how (you might try the House Journals), because we could not find them -- that's our defintion of "lack of transparency." We understand that legislators -- even progressive legislators -- will say "But the Massachusetts legislature is already transparent". Several said that to Mass Scorecard volunteers when they saw their negative scores on this issue (and complained that the Mass Scorecard was "wrong"). In fact, progressive legislators said exactly this same thing about the previous Mass Scorecard in 2003-2006.

    VOTING RECORD (same for all four):

    Rep. Name District Party MF Score Vote
    James Arciero Second Middlesex 0%
    James Arena-DeRosa 8th Middlesex 0%
    Jennifer Armini 8th Essex 0%
    Shirley Arriaga 8th Hampden 0%
    Brian M. Ashe Second Hampden 0%
    Bruce J. Ayers First Norfolk 0%
    Michelle Badger 1st Plymouth 8%
    Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex 0%
    John Barrett First Berkshire 0%
    Donnie R. Berthiaume 5th Worcester 100%
    David Biele 4th Suffolk 0%
    Natalie Blais 1st Franklin 0%
    Nicholas A. Boldyga Third Hampden 100%
    Antonio F.D. Cabral Thirteenth Bristol 0%
    Dan Cahill Tenth Essex 0%
    Simon Cataldo 14th Middlesex 0%
    Michael Chaisson 1st Bristol 100%
    Tackey Chan Second Norfolk 0%
    Michelle Ciccolo 15th Middlesex 0%
    Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex 0%
    Rob Consalvo 14th Suffolk 0%
    Manny Cruz 7th Essex 0%
    Mark J. Cusack Fifth Norfolk 0%
    Leigh Davis 3rd Berkshire 0%
    Michael Day 31st Middlesex 0%
    Marjorie C. Decker Twenty-Fifth Middlesex 0%
    David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth 100%
    Kip Diggs 2nd Barnstable 0%
    Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire 0%
    Kate Donaghue 19th Worcester 0%
    Daniel M. Donahue 16th Worcester 0%
    Paul J. Donato Thirty-Fifth Middlesex 0%
    Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth 0%
    Patricia Duffy 5th Hampden 0%
    Rodney Elliot 16th Middlesex 0%
    Tricia Farley-Bouvier 2nd Berkshire 0%
    Kimberly N. Ferguson First Worcester 100%
    Ann-Margaret Ferrante Fifth Essex 0%
    Michael J. Finn Sixth Hampden 0%
    Carole Fiola 6th Bristol 0%
    Christopher Flanagan 1st Barnstable 0%
    Brandy Fluker Reid 12th Suffolk 0%
    Paul K. Frost Seventh Worcester 100%
    Dennis Gallagher 8th Plymouth 0%
    William C. Galvin Sixth Norfolk 0%
    Sean Garballey Twenty-Third Middlesex 0%
    Judith Garcia 11th Suffolk 0%
    Colleen M. Garry Thirty-Sixth Middlesex 42%
    John Gaskey 2nd Plymouth 100%
    Carmine Gentile 13th Middlesex 0%
    Jessica Giannino 16th Suffolk 0%
    Homar Gomez 2nd Hampshire 0%
    Carlos Gonzalez 10th Hampden 0%
    Ken Gordon Twenty-First Middlesex 0%
    Danielle W. Gregoire Fourth Middlesex 0%
    Richard Haggerty 30th Middlesex 0%
    Ryan Hamilton 15th Essex 0%
    James Hawkins Second Bristol 0%
    Chris Hendricks 11th Bristol 0%
    Natalie Higgins 4th Worcester 0%
    Kate Hogan Third Middlesex 0%
    Russell E. Holmes Sixth Suffolk 0%
    Kevin G. Honan Seventeenth Suffolk 0%
    Tara Hong 18th Middlesex 0%
    Vanna Howard 17th Middlesex 0%
    Steven S. Howitt Fourth Bristol 100%
    Daniel Hunt 13th Suffolk 0%
    Bradley H. Jones Twentieth Middlesex 100%
    Hannah Kane 11th Worcester 100%
    Kristin Kassner 2nd Essex 0%
    Patrick Kearney 4th Plymouth 0%
    Mary S. Keefe Fifteenth Worcester 0%
    Sally Kerans 13th Essex 0%
    Meghan Kilcoyne 12th Worcester 0%
    Michael Kushmerek 3rd Worcester 0%
    Kathy LaNatra 12th Plymouth 0%
    John J. Lawn Tenth Middlesex 0%
    David LeBoeuf 17th Worcester 0%
    Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex 0%
    David Paul Linsky Fifth Middlesex 0%
    Kate Lipper-Garabedian Thirty-Second Middlesex 0%
    Jay Livingstone Eighth Suffolk 0%
    Marc T. Lombardo Twenty-Second Middlesex 100%
    Hadley Luddy 4th Barnstable 0%
    William MacGregor 10th Suffolk 0%
    Adrian Madaro 1st Suffolk 0%
    John J. Mahoney Thirteenth Worcester 0%
    Ronald Mariano Third Norfolk 0%
    Christopher M. Markey Ninth Bristol 0%
    John Marsi Sixth Worcester 100%
    Joseph W. McGonagle 28th Middlesex 0%
    Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester 100%
    Paul McMurtry Eleventh Norfolk 0%
    Rita Mendes 11th Plymouth 0%
    Joan Meschino 3rd Plymouth 0%
    Aaron M. Michlewitz Third Suffolk 0%
    Thomas Moakley Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket 0%
    Sam Montaño 15th Suffolk 0%
    Frank A. Moran Seventeenth Essex 0%
    John Moran 9th Suffolk 0%
    Michael J. Moran Eighteenth Suffolk 0%
    David Muradian 9th Worcester 100%
    James M. Murphy Fourth Norfolk 0%
    Brian Murray 10th Worcester 0%
    Tram Nguyen 18th Essex 0%
    James J. O'Day Fourteenth Worcester 0%
    Norm Orrall 12th Bristol 100%
    Steven Ouellette 8th Bristol 0%
    Steve Owens 29th Middlesex 0%
    Francisco Paulino 16th Essex 0%
    Kelly Pease 4th Hampden 100%
    Alice Hanlon Peisch Fourteenth Norfolk 0%
    Ted Phillips 8th Norfolk 0%
    Bridget Plouffe 9th Plymouth 0%
    Angelo J. Puppolo Twelfth Hampden 0%
    Adrianne Ramos 14th Essex 0%
    Orlando Ramos 9th Hampden 0%
    Sean Reid 11th Essex 0%
    Estela Reyes 4th Essex 0%
    David Robertson 19th Middlesex 33%
    David M. Rogers Twenty-Fourth Middlesex 0%
    John H. Rogers Twelfth Norfolk 0%
    Jeffrey N. Roy Tenth Norfolk 0%
    Daniel Ryan 2nd Suffolk 0%
    Lindsay Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 0%
    Amy Sangiolo 11th Middlesex 0%
    Aaron Saunders 7th Hampden 0%
    Adam Scanlon 14th Bristol 0%
    Margaret Scarsdale 1st Middlesex 0%
    Greg Schwartz 12th Middlesex 0%
    Danillo Sena Thirty-Seventh Middlesex 0%
    Dawn Shand 1st Essex 0%
    Alan Silvia Seventh Bristol 0%
    Todd M. Smola First Hampden 100%
    Michael Soter 8th Worcester 100%
    Priscila Sousa 6th Middlesex 0%
    Thomas M. Stanley Ninth Middlesex 0%
    Alyson Sullivan-Almeida 7th Plymouth 100%
    Ken Sweezey 6th Plymouth 100%
    Mark Sylvia 10th Bristol 0%
    Josh Tarsky 13th Norfolk 0%
    Justin Thurber 5th Bristol 100%
    Jeffrey Turco Nineteenth Suffolk 0%
    Chynah Tyler 7th Suffolk 0%
    Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex 0%
    Erika Uyterhoeven 27th Middlesex 0%
    Andy Vargas Third Essex 0%
    Marcus Vaughn 9th Norfolk 100%
    David T. Vieira Third Barnstable 100%
    Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk 0%
    Tom Walsh 12th Essex 0%
    Richard Wells 7th Norfolk 0%
    Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 0%
    Bud Williams 11th Hampden 0%
    Donald H. Wong Ninth Essex 100%
    Christopher Worrell 5th Suffolk 0%
    Steve Xiarhos 5th Barnstable 100%
    Jonathan D. Zlotnik Second Worcester 0%