Senate notes gaming commission revenue reports, keeps Chapter 250 subcommittee in place

The Massachusetts Senate on a brief floor session noted two monthly casino and sports wagering revenue reports from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and voted to continue a temporary subcommittee charged with handling matters related to Chapter 250 of the Acts of 2024.

The clerk read a report submitted pursuant to Section 69 of Chapter 23K of the Massachusetts General Laws, identifying the commission's December 2024 and January 2025 casino and sports wagering revenue reports. The clerk said the reports would be noted in the Senate journal and placed on file.

The Senate then took up an order presented by the senator from Essex to continue a subcommittee previously established under a temporary committee on rules order (Senate No. 5). The clerk read the order, which directs that the subcommittee and its previously appointed membership continue to handle matters related to Chapter 250 of the Acts of 2024.

Senator O'Connor moved to suspend the rules to consider the order forthwith. There was no objection; the chair called for a voice vote and the chair stated, "the ayes have it," and the order was adopted. The transcript records no roll-call vote or individual recorded tallies for that motion.

Later in the session Senator O'Connor moved that the Senate adjourn; again the chair reported the ayes had it and the Senate stood adjourned to meet Monday next at 11:00 a.m.

The session included no recorded roll-call votes on the items noted in the journal. The clerk's notation that the gaming commission reports were "placed on file" and the adoption of the subcommittee continuation were administrative or procedural actions taken on the floor; the transcript does not detail debate on the substance of Chapter 250 or the commission reports, and it does not describe the membership list beyond stating that previously appointed members remain on the subcommittee.