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Massachusetts Senate Passes FY2026 Supplemental Budget With Emergency Preamble

Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes FY2026 supplemental appropriations bill with emergency preamble in a brief Monday session.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Schedules FY2026 Supplemental Budget Debate for April 9

Massachusetts Senate schedules its FY2026 supplemental budget for full floor debate on April 9.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 2

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Engrosses Agricultural Resilience Bill 39-0, Farm Labor Amendment Withdrawn

Massachusetts Senate passes major agricultural resilience bill 39-0 and withdraws contentious farm labor amendment.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 1

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Engrosses Municipal Bills, Adjourns in Memory of East Boston Matriarch

Massachusetts Senate clears eleven bills in a brief March 30 session and adjourns in memory of East Boston community leader Teresa Beza.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 30

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Passes Three Boston Police Age-Waiver Bills in Rapid Session

Massachusetts Senate clears three Boston Police age-waiver bills and a Nantucket charter update in a session lasting under five minutes.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 26

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Engrosses Hoisting Safety Bill Rooted in 2013 Firefighter Deaths

Massachusetts Senate passes hoisting machinery safety bill linked to 2013 Back Bay firefighter deaths.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 23

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Passes Sweeping PETS Act Banning Puppy Mill Pet Sales

The Massachusetts Senate voted 38-0 Thursday to pass the PETS Act, banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops, prohibiting cosmetic animal testing, and expanding pet ownership rights in state-aided public housing.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 19

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Swears In Vanna Howard as 1st Middlesex Senator

Massachusetts Senate swears in Vanna Howard, the first Cambodian-American state senator in United States history. Howard, a former five-term state representative, won a March 3, 2026 special election to fill the 1st Middlesex District seat left vacant by the death of Senator Edward J.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 18

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Engrosses Tewksbury Charter Bill, Validates Two Municipal Elections

The Massachusetts Senate passed a clutch of local and municipal bills in a brief March 16 session, sending several measures to the Governor.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 16

Government · Sessions-Senate

Massachusetts Senate Asks Supreme Court to Review Two Contested Ballot Petitions

The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously Thursday to seek advisory opinions from the Supreme Judicial Court on the constitutionality of two ballot initiative petitions — one that would extend the public records law to the legislature and governor's office, and one that would tie legislators' addit

Townbrief reporting · Mar 12