Today was the last day for the MA House and Senate to take recorded votes before going on recess until the new year.
So far, only 61 bills have become law:
- 31 of them were home rule petitions about specific cities or towns
- 15 were personnel matters about specific individuals
- 8 were budgets or supplemental budgets
- 2 were bond authorizations
- 2 were disease awareness days
That leaves only three other bills: a temporary extension of hybrid meeting access (good; make it permanent), setting next year’s state primary as September 1 (terrible for turnout), and updating our shield laws protecting access to abortion care and gender-affirming care (good and necessary).
Clearly, there’s work to do.
