Seal of the Commonwealth
Text of Proposed Amendments offered to the
Senate Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
Senate, No. 2300

Link to text of proposed amendments:
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Floor Order
Lead Sponsor
Title
Action
1 Senator Creedon
Supreme Judicial Court
Rejected
2 Senator Creedon
Supreme Judicial Court
Rejected
3 Senator Creedon
Supreme Judicial Court
Rejected
4 Senator Murray
Commission on Judicial Conduct
Adopted
5 Senator Walsh
Public Defenders
Adopted
6 Senator Lees
Committee for Public Counsel Services Study
Adopted
7 Senator Lees
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
Rejected
8 Senator Lees
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Study
Rejected
9 Senator Murray
Funding for Ment Health Legal Advisor Committee
Rejected
10 Senator Shannon
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Withdrawn
11 Senator Havern
Social Law Libary
Rejected
12 Senator Creedon
Social Law Library
Duplicate-Set aside
13 Senator Shannon
Social Law Library
Withdrawn
14 Senator Havern
Social Law Library - CD ROM
Rejected
15 Senator Shannon
Social Law Library- CD Rom
Withdrawn
16 Senator Creedon
Social Law Library
Duplicate-Set Aside
17 Senator Creedon
Judicial Salaries
Rejected
18 Senator Creedon
Trial Court
Rejected
19 Senator Creedon
MA Sentancing Commission
Adopted
20 Senator Lees
Trial Court Study
Rejected
21 Senator Antonioni
Trial Court Law Libraries
Rejected
22 Senator Creedon
Security Personel in the Trial Court
Rejected
23 Senator Hart
Suffolk County Criminal Superior Court
Adopted
24 Senator Creedon
Superior Court Department
Rejected
25 Senator Havern
Waltham District Court
Rejected
26 Senator Creedon
District Court Department
Rejected
27 Senator Creem
Relative to the Newton District Court
Adopted
28 Senator Hart
Dorchester District Court
Rejected
29 Senator Lees
Eastern Hampshire Courthouse
Adopted
30 Senator Hart
South Boston District Court
Rejected
31 Senator Creedon
Probate and Family Court
Rejected
32 Senator Shannon
Middlesex Probate Court Family Services Clinic
Withdrawn
33 Senator Creedon
Land Court Department
Rejected
34 Senator Creedon
Housing Court Department
Rejected
35 Senator Creedon
Juvenile Court Department
Rejected
36 Senator Creedon
Office of the Commissioner of Probation
Rejected
37 Senator McGee
Community Services for Women
Adopted
38 Senator Creedon
Office of the Commissioner of Probation
Rejected
39 Senator Lees
Hampden District Attorney
Rejected
40 Senator Lees
Hampshire/ Franklin District Attorney
Rejected
41 Senator Creedon
Rental Cost for Plymouth County District Attorney
Rejected
42 Senator O'Leary
Cape and Islands District Attorney
Rejected
43 Senator Melconian
District Attorneys
Rejected Redraft
44 Senator Lees
Governor's Office
Adopted
45 Senator Nuciforo
Northern Berkshire Registry of Deeds
Rejected
46 Senator Morrissey
Pertaining to the Sale of Web Based Search and Filing
Adopted
47 Senator Tarr
An Amendment Relative to the Essex Heritage Area
Rejected
48 Senator Morrissey
Massachusetts Archives Division
Rejected
49 Senator Morrissey
Massachusetts Archives Facility
Rejected
50 Senator Resor
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Rejected
51 Senator Morrissey
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Rejected
52 Senator Morrissey
Registry of Deeds Technology
Rejected
53 Senator Morrissey
Reserve for Registry of Deeds
Rejected
54 Senator Lees
Lottery Commission
Rejected
55 Senator Tolman
Bureau of Special Investigations
Reject 12 Yeas vs. 25 Nays
56 Senator Pacheco
Relative to the Bureau of Special Investigations
Adopted Redraft
57 Senator Lees
Office Consolidation
Rejected
58 Senator Tolman
Clean Elections
Adopted as Amended
58.1 Senator Walsh
Clean Elections
Adopted 34 Yeas vs. 3 Nays
58.2 Senator Tolman
Clean Elections
Rejected
59 Senator Montigny
Technical Amendment
Adopted Redraft
60 Senator Chandler
Public Service Study of Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems
Adopted Redraft
61 Senator Shannon
Central Business Office
Rejected
62 Senator Lees
Central Business Office
Duplicated-Set Aside
63 Senator Lees
Bureau of State Office Buildings
Rejected
64 Senator Tolman
Office on Disabilities
Rejected
65 Senator Creem
Relative to the Office on Disability and the Very Special Arts Program
Rejected
66 Senator Tisei
Disabled Persons Protection Commission
Rejected
67 Senator Hedlund
Disabled Persons Protection Commission
Rejected
68 Senator Shannon
Civil Service Commission
Rejected
69 Senator Berry
An Amendment Regarding the Group Insurance Commission
Rejected
70 Senator O'Leary
Hyannis - Department of Revenue Office
Adopted
71 Senator Lees
Child Support Enforcement Division
Adopted Redraft
72 Senator Joyce
Relative to Access to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for the Town of Stoughton
Withdrawn
73 Senator Knapik
Chicopee Valley Aqueduct Redundancy Project
Adopted Redraft
74 Senator Tisei
Privatization of MWRA
Rejected 5 Yeas vs. 32 Nays
75 Senator Melconian
Appellate Tax Board
Withdrawn
76 Senator Tucker
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Rejected
77 Senator Panagiotakos
Regional Tourism
Adopted
78 Senator Nuciforo
Convention Center Authority
Adopted Redrafted
79 Senator Menard
Regional Tourist Councils
Withdrawn
80 Senator Moore
End of Life Commission
Rejected
81 Senator Tarr
An Amendment Relative to the Water Pollution Abatement Trust
Rejected
82 Senator Montigny
Collective Bargaining Appropriations
Adopted 37 Yeas vs. 0 Nays
83 Senator Pacheco
Pacheco - Relative to Collective Bargaining Agreements
Withdrawn
84 Senator McGee
Human Service Workers Salary Reserve
Withdrawn
85 Senator Tucker
Direct Care Worker Salary
Reserve
Withdrawn
86 Senator Tisei
Human Services Workers Salary Reserve
Rejected 12 Yeas vs. 24 Nays
87 Senator Menard
Amendment to Establish a Commission to Study Gambling
Withdrawn
88 Senator Berry
An Amendment Relative to a Gaming Study Commission
Rejected
89 Senator Hart
County Sheriffs
Rejected
90 Senator Travaglini
CA/T Technical Advisors
Rejected
91 Senator Morrissey
Energy Rate Relief for Certain Non-Profit Cultural Institutions
Rejected
92 Senator Tolman
Fitness and Wellness Standards
Rejected
93 Senator Creedon
Department of Environmental Protection
Withdrawn
94 Senator Creem
Relative to the Watershed Initiative
Rejected
95 Senator Brewer
Office of Geographic Information Systems
Rejected
96 Senator Berry
Amendment Relative to Redemption Centers
Adopted
97 Senator Baddour
Moratorium on Reverse Vending Machines
Rejected
98 Senator Brewer
Office of Technical Assistance for Toxic Use Reduction
Adopted
99 Senator Hedlund
Dept of Environmental Managment - Waterways Budget
Rejected
100 Senator Brewer
Dept of Environmental Management Forests and Parks Operations
Adopted
101 Senator Morrissey
Braintree Conservation and Education Program
Rejected
102 Senator Nuciforo
Three-Town Landfill
Rejected
103 Senator Tarr
An Amendment Providing Technical Assistance to Municipalities
Adopted
104 Senator Moore
Water Wells in the Town of Mendon
Adopted Redraft
105 Senator Brewer
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Adopted
106 Senator Joyce
Providing for Public Water Supply and Testing in the Town of Avon
Adopted Redraft
107 Senator Baddour
Methuen Transfer Station and Recycling Facility
Rejected
108 Senator O'Leary
State Revolving Fund
Rejected
109 Senator Brewer
Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup
Adopted
110 Senator Fargo
Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals
Rejected
111 Senator Brewer
Fisheries and Wildlife Administration
Adopted
112 Senator Resor
Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
Rejected
113 Senator Brewer
Environmental Law Enforcement
Rejected
114 Senator Wilkerson
Southwest Corridor Patrols
Rejected
115 Senator Joyce
Houghton's Pond Area Irrigation
Adopted Redraft
116 Senator Travaglini
Metropolitan District Commission
Rejected
117 Senator Hart
Harry McDonough Sailing Program
Rejected
118 Senator Wilkerson
Southwest Corridor Maintenance
Rejected
119 Senator Tolman
Watertown Traffic Signal
Rejected
120 Senator Hart
Curley Recreation Center
Adopted
121 Senator Creem
Relative to teh Charles River Lakes District Aquatic Non- Native Weed Management Program
Rejected
122 Senator Hart
Esplanade
Rejected
123 Senator Tisei
Funding for the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation
Rejected
124 Senator Resor
DFA - APIARY Inspection
Rejected
125 Senator Brewer
Food and Agriculture Operation
Rejected
126 Senator Hart
Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club
Rejected
127 Senator Creem
Relative to At-Risk Youth Programs
Rejected
128 Senator Creedon
Youth at Risk Program
Rejected
129 Senator Tucker
YWCA Common Ground Program
Rejected
130 Senator Shannon
Somerville YMCA, Boys and Girls Club
Rejected
131 Senator Tisei
Amending Language in Line Item 4000-0300
Adopted
132 Senator Moore
Adult Day Health Programs
Adopted
133 Senator Baddour
Department of Mental Health - Northeast Area
Rejected
134 Senator Pacheco
Nursing Home Healt Care Funds
Adopted Redraft
135 Senator Joyce
Community Choices Initiative
Adopted 38 Yeas vs. 0 Nays
136 Senator McGee
Mass Health Dental
Adopted Redraft
137 Senator Melconian
Increasing Access to the Distressed Hospital Fund
Withdrawn
138 Senator Pacheco
Hospital Health Care Funds
Adopted Redraft
139 Senator Moore
DMA Hearing on Pharmacy Reimbursement Rates
Adopted
140 Senator Creedon
Reimbursement to Long Term Care Pharmacies
Rejected
141 Senator Hedlund
Pharmacy Provider Reimbursement
Rejected
142 Senator Tolman
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Rejected
143 Senator Rosenberg
Technical Adaptation for the Blind
Rejected
144 Senator Tisei
Ferguson Industries for the Blind
Rejected
145 Senator Morrissey
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Rejected
146 Senator Rosenberg
Vocational Rehabilitation
Withdrawn
147 Senator Tolman
Vocational Rehabilitation
Rejected
148 Senator Rosenberg
Vocational Employment
Rejected
149 Senator Tucker
Mass Rehabilitation Commission - Employment Services
Rejected
150 Senator Resor
Turning 22
Rejected
151 Senator Murray
Mass Rehabilitation Commission - Independent Living
Rejected
152 Senator Magnani
Regarding Turning 22 Services
Rejected
153 Senator Havern
Home Care Provider
Rejected
154 Senator Tolman
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Rejected
155 Senator Murray
Child Care Contracts and Vouchers
Rejected
156 Senator Tucker
Childcare for Working Foster Parents
Adopted
157 Senator Tucker
Trial Court Child Care Account
Rejected
158 Senator Knapik
Soldiers' Home in Holyoke Patient Fees
Adopted Redraft
159 Senator Murray
DYS Committed Residential Services
Rejected
160 Senator Tolman
Department of Transitional Assistance
Adopted Redraft
161 Senator Tucker
Allowing Education and Training to Count Toward the Work Requirement
Adopted
162 Senator Pacheco
Relative to the Department of Transitional Assistance
Withdrawn
163 Senator Rosenberg
Employment Assistance
Rejected
164 Senator Tucker
Department of Transitional Assistance
Adopted
165 Senator Panagiotakos
Residential Program for Pregnant Teens
Adopted
166 Senator Berry
An Amendment Regarding the Emergency Assistance Program
Rejected
167 Senator O'Leary
Safe Harbor Shelter
Rejected
168 Senator Lees
Food Assistance
Rejected
169 Senator Tolman
Boston Health Care for the Homeless
Rejected
170 Senator Hart
Pine Street Inn
Withdrawn
171 Senator Hart
Homeless Service Programs
Withdrawn
172 Senator Jacques
Massachusetts Violence Prevention Task Force
Adopted
173 Senator Moore
Department of Public Health Administration
Rejected
174 Senator Hart
Community Health Centers
Rejected
175 Senator Hart
Community Health Centers/ Technical Assistance
Rejected
176 Senator Hart
Managed Care - Community Health Centers
Rejected
177 Senator Hart
Department of Public Health - Environmental and Community Health Programs
Rejected
178 Senator Tolman
Toxic Site Study
Adopted
179 Senator McGee
Boards of Registration
Withdrawn
180 Senator Hart
Gavin Foundation Tip
Adopted
181 Senator Hart
Cushing House
Adopted
182 Senator Menard
Link House Salisbury
Adopted
183 Senator Jacques
Celeste House
Adopted
184 Senator Menard
Family Planning Services
Withdrawn
185 Senator Fargo
Relative to Self- Esteem Boston
Adopted
186 Senator Menard
Rape Crisis Centers
Adopted
187 Senator Creem
Relative to the Boston Medical Center's Preventative Food Pantry and Demonstration Kitchen
Adopted
188 Senator Tarr
An Amendment Relative to the Dart Program
Rejected
189 Senator Moore
Colorectal Cancer
Rejected
190 Senator Moore
Department of Public Health State Health Laboratories
Rejected
191 Senator Moore
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Rejected
192 Senator Lees
School Health Service Program
Adopted
193 Senator Lees
Department of Public Health Tobacco Control
Rejected
194 Senator Lees
School Health Centers
Adopted
195 Senator Lees
Smoking Prevention and Cessation
Rejected
196 Senator Tucker
Deptartment of Public Health Hospitals
Rejected
197 Senator O'Leary
Martha's Vineyard Dept of Social Services Office
Adopted-Amended to 197.1
197.1 Senator Murray
Martha's Vineyard Dept of Socail Services
Adopted
198 Senator Fargo
Relative to the Center for Family Connections in Cambridge
Rejected
199 Senator Tucker
Dept of Social Services Consolidated Account
Rejected
200 Senator Hart
Casa Esperanza
Rejected
201 Senator Hart
Laboure Center
Rejected
202 Senator Antonioni
DSS - Reimbursement Rates for C. 71B Approved Special Education Programs
Adopted
203 Senator Hart
Shelter and Support
Rejected
204 Senator Tucker
Domestic Violence Specialists - Dept of Social Services
Rejected
205 Senator Baddour
Department of Mental Health - Reimbursement
Rejected
206 Senator Berry
An Amendment Relative to Forensic Services
Rejected
207 Senator Pacheco
Department of Mental Health - State Facilities
Withdrawn
208 Senator Fargo
Relative to the Department of Mental Retardation
Rejected
209 Senator Antonioni
State-Operated Community-Based Residential Services
Adopted
210 Senator Resor
Department of Mental Retardation Facilities
Adopted
211 Senator Brewer
Templeton Developmental Center Forestry Revenue
Adopted
212 Senator Havern
Regional Transit Authorities
Adopted Redraft
213 Senator Knapik
Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission
Rejected
214 Senator Travaglini
Mass Highway Department - Statewide Corrosion Mitigation Program
Adopted
215 Senator Shannon
Brookside Parkway Sound Barrier
Rejected
216 Senator Shannon
Rhode Island Avenue Sound Barrier
Rejected
217 Senator Nuciforo
MassHighway Department
Withdrawn
218 Senator Havern
Mass Highway Engineers
Rejected
219 Senator Shannon
Somerville Community Bike Path
Rejected
220 Senator Moore
Board of Library Commissioners
Rejected
221 Senator Nuciforo
Aid to Regional Public Libraries
Rejected
222 Senator Lees
Springfield Library of Last Recourse
Rejected
223 Senator Tolman
Braille and Talking Book Library
Rejected
224 Senator Resor
State Aid to Public Libraries
Rejected
225 Senator Tucker
Library Telecommunications and Resource Sharing
Rejected
226 Senator Lees
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Rejected
227 Senator Hart
Apprentice Training
Rejected
228 Senator Pacheco
Division of Apprentice Training - ID Cards
Adopted
229 Senator McGee
Occupational Safety Training Grants
Adopted
230 Senator Tolman
Labor Relations Commision
Rejected
231 Senator Chandler
Public Service - Joint Labor Management Committee
Rejected
232 Senator McGee
Joint Labor Management Committee
Withdrawn
233 Senator Travaglini
Board of Concilliation and Arbitration
Rejected
234 Senator McGee
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Rejected
235 Senator Morrissey
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Rejected
236 Senator Rosenberg
Dislocated Workers
Rejected
237 Senator Hart
Summer Jobs
Rejected
238 Senator Antonioni
Building Essential Skills Through Training
Rejected
239 Senator Lees
Commonwealth Corporation Grants
Rejected
240 Senator Rosenberg
Employment Support Grants
Rejected
241 Senator Antonioni
Twin Cities Community Development Corporation
Rejected
242 Senator Pacheco
Workforce Training Fund - Increased Authorization
Adopted
243 Senator Moore
Public Transportation Opportunities for Residents to Access Employment and Education Opportunities
Rejected
244 Senator Rosenberg
One-Stop Career Centers
Rejected
245 Senator O'Leary
Workforce Investment Boards
Rejected
246 Senator Hart
Jewish Vocational Services
Rejected
247 Senator Hart
Mass Jobs Council AFL-CIO Development Coordinator
Rejected
248 Senator Nuciforo
Regional Employment Boards
Rejected
249 Senator Rosenberg
Workforce Development
Rejected
250 Senator Panagiotakos
Statewide Housing Application
Adopted
251 Senator Fargo
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Rejected
252 Senator Panagiotakos
Family Housing
Rejected-Redraft
253 Senator Hart of First Suffolk
Community Development Grant - Dept of Housing and Urban Development
Rejected
254 Senator Fargo
Relative to CEED Programs for CDC's
Rejected
255 Senator Knapik
Division of Insurance
Rejected
256 Senator Morrissey
Appropriate Funding for the Department of Telecommunications and Energy
Rejected
257 Senator Lees
Dept of Telecommunications and Energy Transportation Division
Rejected
258 Senator Fargo
Division of Energy Resources
Withdrawn
259 Senator Morrissey
Appropriate Funding for Department of Energy Resources
Rejected
260 Senator Lees
Business Development
Rejected
261 Senator Fargo
Relative to Regional Economic Development Councils
Rejected
262 Senator Nuciforo
Community- Based Employment Services
Rejected
263 Senator Knapik
Reunion Center in East Hampton
Rejected
264 Senator Hart
Business Development Grants Community Development
Rejected
265 Senator Tisei
Lynnfield Senior Center
Rejected
266 Senator O'Leary
Cape Cod Technology Council
Rejected
267 Senator Lees
Regional Planning Commissions
Rejected
268 Senator Lees
Springfield Area Council for Excellence
Rejected
269 Senator McGee
Saugus Senior Center
Rejected
270 Senator Resor
Devens Enterprise Commission
Adopted Redraft
271 Senator Lees
Springfield Tourist Information Center
Rejected
272 Senator Fargo
Relative to Local Tourism Councils
Adopted
273 Senator Nuciforo
Bay State Games
Rejected
274 Senator McGee
Memorial Auditorium
Rejected
275 Senator McGee
Community Minority Cultural Center
Rejected
276 Senator Hart
Strand Theatre
Rejected
277 Senator McGee
Russian Community Association of Massachusetts
Rejected
278 Senator McGee
Saugus Town Hall
Rejected
279 Senator Knapik
MA Office of Business Development
Rejected
280 Senator Baddour
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism - Salisbury
Rejected
281 Senator Tarr
An Amendment Restoring the Massachusetts Film Office
Rejected
282 Senator Resor
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Rejected
283 Senator Lees
Massachusetts International Trade Council
Rejected
284 Senator Wilkerson
State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance
Rejected
285 Senator Lees
Commission to Study Education Funding
Rejected
286 Senator Lees
METCO
Rejected
287 Senator O'Leary
CS-Squared Program
Rejected
288 Senator Tisei
Kindergarten Development Grants
Rejected
289 Senator Antonioni
Reading Recovery Program
Adopted
290 Senator Nuciforo
Parent Child Home Program
Rejected
291 Senator Hart
Hart ABE
Withdrawn
292 Senator Creedon
Adult Basic Education
Rejected
293 Senator Travaglini
Training Innovations Inc.
Rejected
294 Senator Tucker
SBA Temporary Borrowing
Withdrawn
295 Senator Hedlund
Dept of Education - School Building Assistance Grants
Reject 9 Yeas vs. 29 Nays
296 Senator McGee
School Building Assistance Reimbursement
Adopted Redraft
297 Senator Lees
MCAS
Rejected
298 Senator O'Leary
Fairness in Education Funding
Rejected
299 Senator Tolman
Special Education Circuit Breaker
Rejected
299.1 Senator Antonioni
Special Education Monitoring
Rejected
300 Senator Nuciforo
Regional School Transportation
Rejected
301 Senator Brewer Chapter 81 Restoration
Rejected
302 Senator Creem Untitled Amendment
Rejected
303 Senator Antonioni MCAS Remediation
Adopted-Redraft
304 Senator Antonioni MCAS Remediation
Adopted-Redraft
305 Senator Baddour Comprehensive After- School Programs
Adopted
306 Senator Shannon Mass Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs
Rejected
307 Senator Tolman Gardner Extended Services School
Rejected
308 Senator Antonioni MCAS Remediation
Adopted
309 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to MCAS Remediation
Rejected
310 Senator Creem Relative to the Russian Teens at Risk Program
Adopted Redraft
311 Senator Hart Grover Cleveland
Rejected
312 Senator Tolman Alternative Education
Rejected
313 Senator Morrissey Youthbuild Program
Adopted
314 Senator Lees Massachusetts Service Alliance
Rejected
315 Senator Moore Board of Higher Education
Rejected
316 Senator Rosenberg Board of Higher Education
Withdrawn
317 Senator O'Leary State and Community Colleges
Rejected
318 Senator Knapik Community College Workforce Training Incentive Grant Program
Rejected
319 Senator Rosenberg Educational Reference Materials
Withdrawn
320 Senator Moore Tufts Veterinarian School
Rejected
321 Senator Glodis Tufts University of Veterinary Medicine
Rejected
322 Senator Antonioni University of Massachusetts Financial Administration
Rejected
323 Senator Tisei University of Massachusetts - Eliminating Earmarks
Rejected
324 Senator Chandler Drug Analysis Laboratory
Adopted-Redraft
325 Senator Murray Cranberry Experiment Station
Adopted
326 Senator Chandler UMass Memorial Satellite Medical Examiners Office
Withdrawn
327 Senator Antonioni University of Massachusetts Endowment Match Program
Rejected
328 Senator Rosenberg Commonwealth College UMass
Adopted Redraft
329 Senator Murray Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Adopted
330 Senator Rosenberg Greenfield Community College
Adopted
331 Senator Lees Technology Park
Rejected
332 Senator Glodis Executive Office of Public Safety
Rejected
333 Senator Travaglini Community Policing - City of Revere Earmark
Rejected
334 Senator Havern Community Policing - Earmark
Rejected
335 Senator Nuciforo Goshen Community Policing
Rejected
336 Senator Nuciforo Ashfield Community Policing
Rejected
337 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Community Policing in the Commonwealth
Rejected
338 Senator Nuciforo Clarksburg Community Policing
Rejected
339 Senator Nuciforo Lee Community Policing
Rejected
340 Senator Hedlund Community Policing
Rejected
341 Senator Sprague Community Policing Grants
Rejected
342 Senator Resor Littleton Community Policing Grant
Rejected
343 Senator Wilkerson Racial Profiling Law
Withdrawn
344 Senator Wilkerson Racial Profiling Law
Adopted
345 Senator Murray Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Rejected
346 Senator Brewer Criminal History Systems Board
Rejected
347 Senator Baddour Sex Offender Registry Board
Rejected
348 Senator Hart State Police
Rejected
349 Senator Lees State Police
Rejected 11Yeas vs. 20 Nays
350 Senator Brewer State Police Overtime
Rejected
351 Senator Glodis Drug Enforcement Task Force
Rejected
352 Senator McGee State Police Patrols
Rejected
353 Senator Hedlund State Police - Nantasket Beach Summer Patrols
Rejected
354 Senator Shannon State Police Directed Patrols
Rejected
355 Senator Creedon State Police Patrols in the City of Brockton
Rejected
356 Senator Glodis New State Police Academy Class
Adopted Redraft
357 Senator Glodis Criminal Justice Training Council
Adopted
358 Senator Brewer Criminal Justice Training Council
Rejected
359 Senator Menard Criminal Training Council
Rejected
360 Senator Glodis Training Program for Call and Volunteer Firefigheters
Adopted
361 Senator Resor Continuation of the Commericial RMV in the City of Marlborough
Rejected
362 Senator Glodis Registry of Motor Vehicles
Rejected
363 Senator Glodis Maintenance of Department of Corrections Staffing Levels
Rejected
364 Senator Glodis Department of Corrections Staffing
Rejected
365 Senator Glodis Department of Corrections
Rejected
366 Senator Antonioni Department of Correction
Rejected
367 Senator Resor Shirley Prison Mitigation
Rejected
368 Senator Resor Prison Mitigation to Municipalities
Adopted
369 Senator Moore Department of Correction
Rejected-Redraft
370 Senator Glodis Dismas House
Adopted
371 Senator Murray Funding for the County Sheriffs
Rejected
372 Senator O'Leary County Sheriffs
Rejected
373 Senator Glodis Worcester County Sheriff
Rejected
374 Senator Chandler Worcester County Sheriff's Department
Rejected
375 Senator Glodis Worcester County Sheriff
Withdrawn
376 Senator Nuciforo Berkshire County Sheriff
Rejected
377 Senator McGee Essex Sheriff's Department
Withdrawn
378 Senator Glodis Massachusetts Parole Board
Rejected
379 Senator Chandler Long Term Care Study
Adopted
380 Senator Shannon Home Care Purchased Services
Rejected
381 Senator Fargo Relative to Elder Protective Services
Withdrawn
382 Senator Hart Kit Clark Senior Services
Rejected
383 Senator Hart Tuttle House
Rejected
384 Senator Tucker Executive Office of Elder Affairs  Local Services
Rejected
385 Senator Murray Council on Aging Grants
Withdrawn
386 Senator Hedlund Elder Affairs - Marshfield Senior Center
Rejected
387 Senator Lees Councils on Aging
Adopted
388 Senator Rosenberg Rosenberg - (Jobs) Fund Section 2D Amendment
Adopted Redraft
389 Senator Moore Health Boards Corrective Amendment
Withdrawn
390 Senator Moore Board of Dental Examiners
Adopted
391 Senator Moore Health Boards Corrective Amendment
Adopted
392 Senator Pacheco Relative to the Bureau of Special Investigations
Adopted Redraft
393 Senator Tisei Amending Section 10 Conerning the Bureau of Special Investigations
Adopted
394 Senator Wilkerson Bureau of Special Investigations
Withdrawn
395 Senator Moore Commission to Study School Building Financing
Withdrawn
396 Senator Nuciforo Relative to Making School Building Assisstance Pooled Financing Voluntary, OPT - IN
Withdrawn
397 Senator Nuciforo Eliminating School Building Assistance Pooled Financing
Withdrawn
398 Senator Nuciforo Mandatory School Building Assistance Fund Study Commission
Adopted 36 Yeas vs. 0 Nays
399 Senator Creedon Termination Retirement Benefits
Withdrawn
400 Senator Creedon Registry of Motor Vehicles' Collection Authority
Adopted
401 Senator Moore Registry of Motor Vehicles' Collection Authority
Rejected
402 Senator Lees Capital Gains - Senior Citizens
Withdrawn
403 Senator Lees Capital Gains II
Rejected 12 Yeas vs. 25 Nays
404 Senator Moore An Amendment Preserving the Health Protection Fund
Rejected
405 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative to the Fiscal Stability of the Commonwealth
Withdrawn
406 Senator Creedon Capital Gains Tax
Rejected
407 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to the Income Tax Rate for the Commonwealth
Rejected
408 Senator Lees Personal Exemption
Rejected 9 Nays vs. 27 Yeas
409 Senator Hedlund Alternate Revenue Package
Rejected
410 Senator Melconian Eliminating the Retroactive Imposition of Capital Gains Tax on the Sale of Businesses
Withdrawn
411 Senator Sprague Elimination of Tax Law Changes
Rejected
412 Senator Lees Capital Gains I
Rejected
413 Senator Lees Charitable Deduction
Rejected 10 Yeas vs. 27 Nays
414 Senator Creem Relative to Restoring the Charitable Deduction
Rejected
415 Senator Morrissey Enhanced Tax Collections
Adopted
416 Senator Hart Special Education
Rejected
417 Senator Tisei Amending Section 31
Adopted
418 Senator Wilkerson Division of Medical Assistance
Withdrawn
419 Senator Glodis Medicaid CoPayment
Rejected
420 Senator Menard Division of Medical Assistance Co-Pays
Adopted
421 Senator Lees Don't Buy Long Term Care Insurance Amendment
Withdrawn
422 Senator Glodis MassHealth Cost Reimbursement
Adopted
423 Senator Tolman Health Care Provider Assessments
Adopted Redraft
424 Senator Glodis Distribution of Prescription Assessments
Rejected
425 Senator Nuciforo Relative to Pharmacy Fees
Rejected
426 Senator Moore User Fee Study
Adopted
427 Senator Creedon Drug Testing and Electronic Braclet Fees
Rejected
428 Senator Morrissey Increase in Line Item and Filing Fee for Land Court
Rejected
429 Senator Creedon Trial Court Fee Increases
Rejected
430 Senator Creedon Probate and Family Court Fees
Rejected
431 Senator Lees Workforce Training Fund
Rejected
432 Senator Chandler Delay of Special Education Reimbursement Formula
Rejected
433 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to School Building Assistance
Withdrawn
434 Senator Havern Preferred Drug List
Rejected
435 Senator Tisei Amending Section 65
Rejected
436 Senator Lees Stabilization Fund
Rejected
437 Senator Lees Tobacco Settlement Fund Transfer
Withdrawn
438 Senator Lees Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
Rejected
439 Senator Lees Self- Sufficiency Standard
Adopted
440 Senator Hart Community Health Centers
Adopted
441 Senator Murray Massachusetts Public Health Emergency Planning Advisory Committee
Adopted
442 Senator Lees Public Health Emergency Planning Advisory Committee
Adopted
443 Senator Menard Public Health Emergency Planning Advisory Committee
Adopted
444 Senator Moore Special Commission on Nursing Workforce Issues
Adopted Redraft
445 Senator Moore Behavioral Health Care Study Commission
Adopted Redraft
446 Senator Tisei Amending Section 79 - Addition of  Family Advocacy Group
Rejected
447 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to the Behavioral Health Care Study Commission
Rejected
448 Senator Lees Energy Savings Commission
Adopted
449 Senator Tarr An Amendment Improving Government Efficiency
Adopted Redraft
450 Senator Antonioni Teacher Reimbursement
Adopted
451 Senator Moore Members on the Board of Registration
Adopted
452 Senator Fargo Siting of Telecommunications Facilities
Adopted
453 Senator Travaglini Massport Retiree Benefit Trust Fund
Adopted
454 Senator Joyce Establishing Protections for Self-Neglecting Elders
Rejected
455 Senator Glodis Relating To and Investigation and Study by a Special Commission Relative to the Importation, Storage and Distribution of Road S
Withdrawn
456 Senator Glodis Permitting the State Police Collective Bargaining Unit to Engage in Interest Arbitration When There Is and Impasse In the Colle
Adopted
457 Senator Joyce Technical Correction Relative to Bolivar Street in Canton
Adopted
458 Senator Shannon Stabilization Funds
Rejected
459 Senator Travaglini Provision to Reform Unfair Practices Relating to Certain Retail Sales
Rejected
460 Senator Wilkerson Local Option Excise Tax
Adopted
461 Senator O'Leary Conformity With Federal Law for Retirement and College Education Savings
Adopted 38 Yeas vs. 0 Nays
462 Senator Glodis Penalty for Theft of Controlled Substances
Rejected
463 Senator Glodis Municipal Police Cooperation
Rejected
464 Senator Chandler School Building Assistance Program
Rejected
465 Senator Chandler Worcester County Pilot MassHealth Dental Program
Adopted
466 Senator Chandler Public Service - Disability Pension
Adopted
467 Senator Travaglini Underground Storage Cleanup Fund - Fees
Adopted
468 Senator Tisei School Building Assistance Priority List Ranking
Rejected
469 Senator Tolman Automobile Insurance Reform
Adopted
470 Senator Tisei State Racing Commission
Rejected
471 Senator Tisei EMS Staffing Standards
Rejected
472 Senator Tolman Commercial Area Revitilization Districts
Rejected
473 Senator Travaglini Technical Correction - Uncompensated Care/ Free Care Pool Special Commission
Adopted
474 Senator Menard Authorization of a Single Native American Casino
Rejected
475 Senator Menard The Massachusetts Casino Control Act
Adopted
475.1 Senator Menard The Massachusetts Casino Control Act
Adopted Further Amendment
476 Senator Menard Public Employees Serving in the Armed Forces of the United States
Rejected
477 Senator Lees Technical Change (Redesignation)
Rejected
478 Senator Tolman Allston/ Brighton Toll Freeze
Rejected
479 Senator Glodis No Emmission Vehicles
Rejected
480 Senator Glodis Armored Car Companies and Armored Car Guards
Rejected
481 Senator Wilkerson Allowing Cities to Recover Certain Costs
Adopted
482 Senator Wilkerson Hynes Convention Center Study
Adopted Redraft
483 Senator Glodis Director of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
Adopted Redraft
484 Senator Glodis Recreational Vehicles
Rejected
485 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative Regarding the Drug Utilization Review Board
Rejected
486 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative to Simplified Sales and Use Tax System
Adopted
487 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative to Municipal Lighting Plants
Rejected
488 Senator Berry An Amendment Regarding the Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board
Redraft -Adopted
489 Senator Knapik Higher Education Bond Bill Technical Correction
Adopted
490 Senator Knapik Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
Rejected-Redraft
491 Senator Murray Targeted Assistance Grants for Brownfields Redevelopment
Adopted
492 Senator Nuciforo One-Year Moratorium on Charter Schools
Withdrawn
493 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative to Massachusetts Data Sharing
Rejected
494 Senator Brewer Commission to Study Dairy Farming
Adopted
495 Senator Brewer State Archeologist Duties
Adopted
496 Senator Knapik Uncompensated Care Trust Fund Title XIX Payments
Adopted
497 Senator Hedlund Open Heart Surgery Pilot Program
Withdrawn
498 Senator Hedlund Affordable Housing Deed Restrictions
Rejected
499 Senator Hedlund Convention Center
Rejected
500 Senator Hedlund Chapter 40B Study
Rejected Redraft
501 Senator Hedlund Regional Planning
Rejected
502 Senator Knapik Soldiers' Home is Holyoke Patient Fee Increase
Adopted Redraft
503 Senator Resor DFA Trust Fund
Adopted
504 Senator Glodis Trails Maintenance
Rejected
505 Senator Nuciforo Extending Financing for the Colonial Theatre
Adopted
506 Senator O'Leary Education Funding Fairness Study
Adopted
507 Senator Nuciforo Extending Financing for the ECU- Health Care Project
Adopted
508 Senator Moore Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund
Rejected
509 Senator Creedon Chief Justice for Administration and Management
Rejected
510 Senator Moore Definition of Veteran
Rejected
511 Senator Moore Certain School Construction Projects
Rejected
512 Senator Knapik Holyoke Soldiers' Home Federal Reimbursement Retention
Rejected
513 Senator Creedon Land Court Department
Rejected
514 Senator Moore Health Care Stabilization Fund
Rejected
515 Senator Moore International Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Adopted
516 Senator Moore Increasing Retirees COLA Base
Adopted
516.1 Senator Pacheco Increasing Retirees COLA Base
Rejected 10 Yeas sv. 26 Nays
516.2 Menard Increasing Retirees COLA Base
Adopted Redraft
517 Senator Moore Special Commission on Enforcement of the State Building Code
Adopted
518 Senator Moore Reporting Deadline for the Uncompensated Care Pool Commission
Adopted
519 Senator Creedon Probation Fees
Rejected
520 Senator Creedon Mechanics Lien Law Technical Correction
Adopted
521 Senator Havern Mass Turnpike Authority - Rights and Powers of teh Chairperson
Withdrawn
522 Senator Hart Veteran
Rejected
523 Senator Tisei Division of Medical Assistance - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Adopted
524 Senator Lees Tax Appellate Board
Rejected
525 Senator Lees School Building Assistance Commission
Adopted
526 Senator Lees Voluntary Tax
Rejected
527 Senator Lees Probate Court Guardian Ad Litem
Rejected
528 Senator Lees Probate Court Guardian Ad Litem
Rejected
529 Senator Lees Workers Compensation
Rejected
530 Senator Fargo Relative to Rental Deduction
Adopted
531 Senator Lees Casino Gambling Commission
Rejected
532 Senator Fargo Taxation of Income
Rejected
533 Senator Resor Fitchburg MBTA Rail Corridor Study Commssion
Adopted-Redraft
534 Senator Lees Casino Gambling Commission II
Rejected
535 Senator Lees Gaming
Rejected
536 Senator Lees Casino Gaming Commission III
Rejected
537 Senator Lees Off-Street Parking
Adopted
538 Senator Lees Methadone Clinics
Rejected
539 Senator Baddour Intergovernmental Transfer - Haverhill
Adopted
540 Senator Baddour Joint - Labor Management Committee
Rejected
541 Senator Lees State Owned Human Service Facilities Study Commission
Adopted
542 Senator Tucker School Building Assistance Priority Wait List
Rejected
543 Senator Lees Business Tax Return
Adopted
544 Senator Tucker Shool Construction Reserve Account
Adopted
545 Senator Lees Land Court
Rejected
546 Senator Lees MDC Parkways
Rejected
547 Senator Walsh Concerning Public Employee Termination
Adopted Redraft
548 Senator Tucker Department of Mental Retardation Wage Disparity
Rejected
549 Senator Berry An Amendment Regarding Underground Storage Tanks
Rejected
550 Senator McGee Inter-State Reciprocity in EMT Certification
Withdrawn
551 Senator Knapik Commonwealth Agency Vehicle Purchases
Adopted
552 Senator Walsh Relative to Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act Compliance
Adopted
553 Senator Glodis Joint Labor Relations Committee
Rejected
554 Senator Glodis Health Care Quality Improvement Trust Fund
Rejected
555 Senator Tisei Division of Medical Assistance Intergovernmental Transfer
Withdrawn
556 Senator Antonioni Relative to the Educational Rights of Students at Home and in the Hospital
Adopted
557 Senator O'Leary Special Commission to Study Medicaid Efficiencies
Adopted
558 Senator Antonioni Medicaid Reimbursement Distribution
Rejected
559 Senator Antonioni Public School Libraries
Rejected
560 Senator Lees Lottery Payout
Rejected
561 Senator Resor Cable Industry Study Commission
Adopted Redraft
562 Senator Walsh Substance Addiction Treatment
Rejected
563 Senator Resor Moving CATV to the Office of the Attorney General
Rejected
564 Senator Berry An Amendment Relative to the Registries of Deeds
Rejected
565 Senator Creem Relative to Local Property Tax Exemptions
Adopted
566 Senator Havern MWRA Retirement System
Rejected
567 Senator Walsh Student Population Growth
Rejected
568 Senator Lees State Lottery Fund
Rejected
569 Senator Tarr An Amendment to Provide Insurance for Volunteer Firefighters
Adopted
570 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Increased Water Conservation
Rejected
571 Senator Tarr An Amendment to Improve Senior Tax Classification
Adopted
572 Senator Tarr An Amendment Facilitating the Development of Underutilized Facilities and Properties for Housing in the Commonwealth
Rejected
573 Senator Tarr An Amendment Establishing  a Program of Education of the Flag of the United States of America
Adopted
574 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Prepaid Legal Services
Adopted Redraft
575 Senator Tarr An Amendment to Volunteer Services for the Elderly
Adopted
576 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Expanded Health Care Coverage
Rejected
577 Senator Tolman Special Education
Rejected-Redraft
578 Senator Berry An Amendment Regarding the Uncompensated Care Commission
Adopted
579 Senator Lees Tobacco Settlement Fund Securitization
Withdrawn
580 Senator Rosenberg Franklin Register of Deeds
Adopted
581 Senator Rosenberg Higher Education Funding
Adopted
582 Senator Lees State Agency Office Space Procurement Study Commission
Adopted
583 Senator Berry An Amendment Regarding Medicaid Precriptions
Rejected
584 Senator Creem Relative to Drug Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Rejected
585 Senator Hart Creditable Service
Rejected
586 Senator Baddour Balancing Budget - Growth Limit
Rejected
587 Senator Morrissey To Authorize and Direct the Massachusetts Highway Department to Construct a Retention Pond to Alleviate Flooding in Quincy
Adopted
588 Senator Morrissey Increasing the Municipal Hotel -Motel Tax Limit from 4.5 to 6 Percent
Rejected
589 Senator Morrissey Appropriate Funding for Certain Telecommunications Programs Within the Commonwealth
Rejected
590 Senator Morrissey State Ward Amendment
Adopted
590.1 Senator Morrissey State Ward Amendment
Further Amendment Adopted
591 Senator Morrissey Vocational Education Creditable Service
Withdrawn
592 Senator Moore Membership in Uncompensated Care Pool Commission
Adopted
593 Senator Morrissey State Ward Grant Program
Withdrawn
594 Senator Morrissey Citizens Information Service
Adopted
595 Senator Murray Lead Paint Surcharge for Insurance Agents/ Brokers
Adopted
596 Senator Lees Renters at Long Term Care Facilities
Withdrawn
597 Senator Murray Knowingly Standard for Insurance Companies Regarding Unlicensed Persons
Adopted
598 Senator Lees Long Term Care
Withdrawn
599 Senator Magnani Extension of the Temporary Toll Freeze on the Metropolitan Highway System
Adopted Redraft
600 Senator Morrissey Reduced Fee for Corporations Electronic Filings
Adopted
601 Senator Rosenberg Rosenberg - Job Opportunity Business Services Fund
Withdrawn
602 Senator Creedon Special Commission of the Commonwealth on the Trial Courts
Adopted Redraft
603 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Standardized Medical Claims Forms
Rejected Redraft
604 Senator Hart Hart - UMASS
Adopted
605 Senator Hart Hart - Environmental Policy Office
Rejected
606 Senator Magnani The Establishment of an Advisory Committee to Make Recommendations Regarding the Financial Obligations of the Turnpike Authorit
Adopted
607 Senator Hart Hart - Compensation
Rejected
608 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Education Equity
Rejected
609 Senator Tarr An Amendment Relative to Health Care Institutions
Adopted Redraft
610 Senator Panagiotakos Snow Plowing Equipment
Adopted
611 Senator Panagiotakos Groton/Pepperell Sewer Easement
Withdrawn
612 Senator Panagiotakos Elderly Housing Study Commission
Adopted