Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session Apr 27th, 2026

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Key Moments

  • Bruce Tarr — Bruce Tarr was first announced as resigning from the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading and then shortly afterward was reported as being reappointed to that same committee.
  • Peter Durant — Announced as being appointed to fill the vacancy on the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading.
  • Peter Durant — Reported as resigning from and then being reappointed to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading.
  • Peter Durant — Moved that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith.
  • Peter Durant — Moved to suspend the rules to consider the matter forthwith and then asked how many bills were affected and what the extension date was.
  • Peter Durant — Moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith.
  • Peter Durant — About to move suspension of the rules to consider the matter forthwith.
  • Peter Durant — Moves to suspend the rules to consider the matter forthwith.
  • Peter Durant — Asks for a count of the bills and the timeframe; is told there will be seven bills until June 30th.
  • Peter Durant — Mr. Durant is identified as offering an amendment after final passage.
  • Peter Durant — Mr. Durant offers the adjournment order and then moves that the Senate adjourn.
  • Joan Lovely — Identified as reporting for the committee.
  • Joanne Comerford — Joan B. Lovely is referenced multiple times in her role for the committee as the chamber considers the order and committee report, including the committee’s presentation/signing of the report and the subsequent adoption of the order.
  • Robyn Kennedy — Robyn Kennedy is referenced as presenting an amendment to the bill, which the clerk reads. The amendment would strike the date April 30, 2026 and replace it with June 30, 2026.
  • H4259 — A bill for final passage designating the Wider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell Tennis Courts.