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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

S 2898: An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees

Introduced Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 2898 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees. Primary sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 15, 2026): Reprinted, as amended, see S2916.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Senate, January 8, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees (Senate, No. 507),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2898).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Senate Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateThird Middlesex
Jo ComerfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Mike ConnollyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26th Middlesex
Sal DiDomenicoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Suffolk
Bill DriscollCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Brad JonesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20th Middlesex
John KeenanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk and Plymouth
Paul MarkCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire
Pavel PayanoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateFirst Essex
Bruce TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateFirst Essex and Middlesex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Reprinted, as amended, see S2916
  2. Read third (title changed)
  3. Ordered to a third reading
  4. Substituted, as amended, for S507
  5. Amendment #9 (Rodrigues) adopted
  6. Amendment #15 (Tarr) rejected
  7. Amendment #14 (Finegold) adopted -see Roll Call #126 (Yeas 34 to Nays 3)
  8. Amendment #13 (DiDomenico) adopted
  9. Amendment #12 (Tarr) rejected
  10. Amendment #10 (DiDomenico) adopted
  11. Amendment #7 (Rausch) adopted
  12. Amendment #6 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #125 (Yeas 6 to Nays 31)

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source