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Senate adopts numerous local amendments and passes FY25 closeout supplemental to third reading
Summary
The Senate disposed of a wide array of amendments to the FY25 closeout supplemental budget, adopting many municipal and programmatic changes, rejecting a high-profile stabilization-fund amendment, and passing House 4615 to be engrossed.
The Senate considered and disposed of a large slate of amendments to the FY25 closeout supplemental budget (House 4615). Many local amendments addressing municipal capital projects, fire and police department funding, council-on-aging grants, disaster relief and other line-items were read and adopted by voice votes. Several amendments were withdrawn and a small number failed after voice votes.
Key recorded floor actions included adoption of:
- Amendment 34 (Driscoll): MBTA local-assessment study (adopted). - Amendment 3 (Tarr): Resume biweekly shelter reporting and expand HomeBASE reporting (adopted by roll call; transcript records 38–0 in favor). - Federal Employee and Service Members Civil Relief Act (Edwards): protections for federal employees and service members during a federal shutdown (adopted by roll call; final text to be printed in the journal).
A high-profile amendment changing the allocation of excess capital gains (proposed to send 75% to stabilization) failed on a roll call (5–33). After finishing amendment work, Senators voted to order the bill to third reading and then passed the supplemental appropriation bill to be engrossed. The final recorded roll call on passage showed 39 affirmative votes and none negative in the transcript's recording.
