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S 2220 - Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage - Voting Record

Result: Bill Failed (House)

Date:
Issues: Family Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Women Social
Bill: Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
Roll Number: 103
Yes: 40 No: 117
Bill Failed (House)

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION WAS VOTED ON IN A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MEANING THAT BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE MET IN A JOINT SESSION AND VOTED ON THE LEGISLATION IN UNISON. THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT PASS OR FAIL EACH CHAMBER, BUT INSTEAD PASSES OR FAILS THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES MAJORITY APPROVAL BY ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY A LEGISLATOR OR BY ONE-FOURTH OF ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY VOTER PETITION. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF BALLOTS CAST MUST CONTAIN A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT TO BECOME ENACTED.

State District Name Party Vote
MA First Barnstable Cleon H. Turner Democratic No
MA Second Barnstable Demetrius J. Atsalis Democratic Did Not Vote
MA Third Barnstable Matthew C. 'Matt'  Patrick Democratic No
MA Fourth Barnstable Sarah K. Peake Democratic No
MA Fifth Barnstable Jeffrey Davis 'Jeff'  Perry Republican Yes
MA Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Eric T. Turkington Democratic No
MA First Berkshire Daniel E. Bosley Democratic No
MA Second Berkshire Denis E. Guyer Democratic No
MA Third Berkshire Christopher N. Speranzo Democratic No
MA Fourth Berkshire William 'Smitty'  Pignatelli Democratic No
MA First Bristol Fred 'Jay'  Barrows Republican Yes
MA Second Bristol John A. Lepper Republican Yes
MA Third Bristol James H. Fagan Democratic Yes
MA Fourth Bristol Steven J. 'Steve'  D'Amico Democratic No
MA Fifth Bristol Patricia A. 'Pat'  Haddad Democratic No
MA Sixth Bristol David B. Sullivan Democratic No
MA Seventh Bristol Robert Correia Democratic Yes
MA Eighth Bristol Michael J. Rodrigues Democratic No
MA Ninth Bristol John F. Quinn Democratic No
MA Tenth Bristol William M. 'Bill'  Straus Democratic No
MA Eleventh Bristol Robert M. Koczera Democratic No
MA Twelfth Bristol Stephen R. Canessa Democratic No
MA Thirteenth Bristol Antonio FD Cabral Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Bristol Elizabeth A. 'Betty'  Poirier Republican Yes
MA First Essex Michael A. Costello Democratic No
MA Second Essex Harriett L. Stanley Democratic No
MA Third Essex Brian S. Dempsey Democratic No
MA Fourth Essex Bradford R. 'Brad'  Hill Republican No
MA Fifth Essex Anthony J. Verga Democratic Did Not Vote
MA Sixth Essex Mary E. Grant Democratic No
MA Seventh Essex John D. Keenan Jr. Democratic No
MA Eighth Essex Douglas W. Petersen Democratic No
MA Ninth Essex Mark V. Falzone Democratic No
MA Tenth Essex Robert F. Fennell Democratic No
MA Eleventh Essex Steven Myles Walsh Democratic No
MA Twelfth Essex Joyce A. Spiliotis Democratic Yes
MA Thirteenth Essex Theodore C. 'Ted'  Speliotis Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Essex David M. Torrisi Democratic No
MA Fifteenth Essex Linda Dean Campbell Democratic Yes
MA Sixteenth Essex William Lantigua Democratic Yes
MA Seventeenth Essex Barry R. Finegold Democratic No
MA Eighteenth Essex Barbara A. L'Italien Democratic No
MA First Franklin Stephen Kulik Democratic No
MA Second Franklin Christopher J. Donelan Democratic No
MA First Hampden Todd M. Smola Republican Yes
MA Second Hampden Mary S. Rogeness Republican Yes
MA Third Hampden Rosemary Sandlin Democratic No
MA Fourth Hampden Donald F. 'Don'  Humason Jr. Republican Yes
MA Fifth Hampden Michael F. Kane Democratic Yes
MA Sixth Hampden James T. 'Jim'  Welch Democratic No
MA Seventh Hampden Thomas M. Petrolati Democratic Yes
MA Eighth Hampden Joseph F. Wagner Democratic No
MA Ninth Hampden Sean Curran Democratic Yes
MA Tenth Hampden Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera Democratic No
MA Eleventh Hampden Benjamin Swan Sr. Democratic No
MA Twelfth Hampden Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. Democratic No
MA First Hampshire Peter V. Kocot Democratic No
MA Second Hampshire John W. Scibak Democratic No
MA Third Hampshire Ellen S. Story Democratic No
MA First Middlesex Robert S. 'Bob'  Hargraves Republican Yes
MA Second Middlesex Geoffrey D. Hall Democratic No
MA Third Middlesex Patricia A. Walrath Democratic No
MA Fourth Middlesex Stephen P. LeDuc Democratic No
MA Fifth Middlesex David Paul Linsky Democratic No
MA Sixth Middlesex Pamela 'Pam'  Richardson Democratic No
MA Seventh Middlesex Tom Sannicandro Democratic No
MA Eighth Middlesex Paul J.P. Loscocco Republican No
MA Ninth Middlesex Thomas M. 'Tom'  Stanley Democratic No
MA Tenth Middlesex Peter J. Koutoujian Democratic No
MA Eleventh Middlesex Kay S. Khan Democratic No
MA Twelfth Middlesex Ruth B. Balser Democratic No
MA Thirteenth Middlesex Thomas P. 'Tom'  Conroy Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Middlesex Cory Atkins Democratic No
MA Fifteenth Middlesex Jay R. Kaufman Democratic No
MA Sixteenth Middlesex Thomas A. 'Tom'  Golden Jr. Democratic No
MA Seventeenth Middlesex David M. Nangle Democratic Yes
MA Eighteenth Middlesex Kevin J. Murphy Democratic No
MA Nineteenth Middlesex James R. Miceli Democratic Yes
MA Twentieth Middlesex Bradley H. 'Brad'  Jones Jr. Republican No
MA Twenty-First Middlesex Charles A. 'Charley'  Murphy Democratic No
MA Twenty-Second Middlesex William G. Greene Jr. Democratic Yes
MA Twenty-Third Middlesex J. James 'Jim'  Marzilli Jr. Democratic No
MA Twenty-Fourth Middlesex William N. 'Will'  Brownsberger Democratic No
MA Twenty-Fifth Middlesex Alice K. Wolf Democratic No
MA Twenty-Sixth Middlesex Timothy J. 'Tim'  Toomey Jr. Democratic No
MA Twenty-Seventh Middlesex Denise Provost Democratic No
MA Twenty-Eighth Middlesex Stephen Stat Smith Democratic No
MA Twenty-Ninth Middlesex Rachel Kaprielian Democratic No
MA Thirtieth Middlesex Patrick Natale Democratic No
MA Thirty-First Middlesex Paul C. Casey Democratic Yes
MA Thirty-Second Middlesex Michael E. 'Mike'  Festa Democratic No
MA Thirty-Third Middlesex Christopher G. Fallon Democratic No
MA Thirty-Fourth Middlesex Carl M. Sciortino Jr. Democratic No
MA Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Paul J. Donato Sr. Democratic Yes
MA Thirty-Sixth Middlesex Colleen M. Garry Democratic Yes
MA Thirty-Seventh Middlesex James B. 'Jamie'  Eldridge Democratic No
MA First Norfolk Bruce J. Ayers Democratic Yes
MA Second Norfolk Arthur Stephen Tobin Democratic Yes
MA Third Norfolk Ronald 'Ron'  Mariano Democratic No
MA Fourth Norfolk James Michael Murphy Democratic Yes
MA Fifth Norfolk Joseph R. Driscoll Jr. Democratic No
MA Sixth Norfolk William C. 'Bill'  Galvin Democratic No
MA Seventh Norfolk Walter F. Timilty Democratic Yes
MA Eighth Norfolk Louis L. 'Lou'  Kafka Democratic No
MA Ninth Norfolk Richard J. Ross Republican No
MA Tenth Norfolk James E. 'Jim'  Vallee Democratic No
MA Eleventh Norfolk Paul McMurtry Democratic No
MA Twelfth Norfolk John H. Rogers Democratic No
MA Thirteenth Norfolk Lida E. Harkins Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Norfolk Alice Hanlon Peisch Democratic No
MA Fifteenth Norfolk Frank Israel Smizik Democratic No
MA First Plymouth Viriato Manuel 'Vinny'  deMacedo Republican Yes
MA Second Plymouth Susan Williams Gifford Republican Yes
MA Third Plymouth Garrett J. Bradley Democratic No
MA Fourth Plymouth Frank M. Hynes Democratic Yes
MA Fifth Plymouth Robert J. Nyman Democratic No
MA Sixth Plymouth Daniel K. Webster Republican Yes
MA Seventh Plymouth Allen J. McCarthy Democratic No
MA Eighth Plymouth David L. Flynn Democratic Yes
MA Ninth Plymouth Thomas P. Kennedy Democratic No
MA Tenth Plymouth Christine E. Canavan Democratic No
MA Eleventh Plymouth Geraldine Creedon Democratic Yes
MA Twelfth Plymouth Thomas J. 'Tom'  Calter III Democratic No
MA First Suffolk Anthony W. Petruccelli Democratic No
MA Second Suffolk Eugene L. 'Gene'  O'Flaherty Democratic No
MA Third Suffolk Salvatore F. DiMasi Democratic No
MA Fourth Suffolk Brian P. Wallace Democratic No
MA Fifth Suffolk Marie St. Fleur Democratic Did Not Vote
MA Sixth Suffolk Willie Mae Allen Democratic No
MA Seventh Suffolk Gloria L. Fox Democratic No
MA Eighth Suffolk Martha 'Marty'  Walz Democratic No
MA Ninth Suffolk Byron Rushing Democratic No
MA Tenth Suffolk Michael F. 'Mike'  Rush Democratic Yes
MA Eleventh Suffolk Elizabeth A. 'Liz'  Malia Democratic No
MA Twelfth Suffolk Linda Dorcena Forry Democratic No
MA Thirteenth Suffolk Martin J. 'Marty'  Walsh Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Suffolk Angelo M. Scaccia Democratic Yes
MA Fifteenth Suffolk Jeffrey Sánchez Democratic No
MA Sixteenth Suffolk Kathi-Anne Reinstein Democratic No
MA Seventeenth Suffolk Kevin G. Honan Democratic No
MA Eighteenth Suffolk Michael J. Moran Democratic No
MA Nineteenth Suffolk Robert A. DeLeo Democratic No
MA First Worcester Lewis G. Evangelidis Republican Yes
MA Second Worcester Robert L. Rice Democratic No
MA Third Worcester Stephen L. 'Steve'  DiNatale Democratic No
MA Fourth Worcester Jennifer L. 'Jen'  Flanagan Democratic No
MA Fifth Worcester Anne M. Gobi Democratic No
MA Sixth Worcester Geraldo Alicea Democratic No
MA Seventh Worcester Paul K. Frost Republican Yes
MA Eighth Worcester Paul Kujawski Democratic No
MA Ninth Worcester George N. Peterson Jr. Republican Yes
MA Tenth Worcester John V. Fernandes Democratic No
MA Eleventh Worcester Karyn E. Polito Republican Yes
MA Twelfth Worcester Harold P. 'Hank'  Naughton Jr. Democratic No
MA Thirteenth Worcester Robert P. 'Bob'  Spellane Democratic No
MA Fourteenth Worcester James J. 'Jim'  O'Day Democratic No
MA Fifteenth Worcester Vincent A. Pedone Democratic No
MA Sixteenth Worcester John P. Fresolo Democratic Yes
MA Seventeenth Worcester John J. Binienda Sr. Democratic Yes
MA Eighteenth Worcester Jennifer M. Callahan Democratic No
State Name Party Vote
MA - First Barnstable Cleon H. Turner D No
MA - Second Barnstable Demetrius J. Atsalis D Did Not Vote
MA - Third Barnstable Matthew C. 'Matt'  Patrick D No
MA - Fourth Barnstable Sarah K. Peake D No
MA - Fifth Barnstable Jeffrey Davis 'Jeff'  Perry R Yes
MA - Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Eric T. Turkington D No
MA - First Berkshire Daniel E. Bosley D No
MA - Second Berkshire Denis E. Guyer D No
MA - Third Berkshire Christopher N. Speranzo D No
MA - Fourth Berkshire William 'Smitty'  Pignatelli D No
MA - First Bristol Fred 'Jay'  Barrows R Yes
MA - Second Bristol John A. Lepper R Yes
MA - Third Bristol James H. Fagan D Yes
MA - Fourth Bristol Steven J. 'Steve'  D'Amico D No
MA - Fifth Bristol Patricia A. 'Pat'  Haddad D No
MA - Sixth Bristol David B. Sullivan D No
MA - Seventh Bristol Robert Correia D Yes
MA - Eighth Bristol Michael J. Rodrigues D No
MA - Ninth Bristol John F. Quinn D No
MA - Tenth Bristol William M. 'Bill'  Straus D No
MA - Eleventh Bristol Robert M. Koczera D No
MA - Twelfth Bristol Stephen R. Canessa D No
MA - Thirteenth Bristol Antonio FD Cabral D No
MA - Fourteenth Bristol Elizabeth A. 'Betty'  Poirier R Yes
MA - First Essex Michael A. Costello D No
MA - Second Essex Harriett L. Stanley D No
MA - Third Essex Brian S. Dempsey D No
MA - Fourth Essex Bradford R. 'Brad'  Hill R No
MA - Fifth Essex Anthony J. Verga D Did Not Vote
MA - Sixth Essex Mary E. Grant D No
MA - Seventh Essex John D. Keenan Jr. D No
MA - Eighth Essex Douglas W. Petersen D No
MA - Ninth Essex Mark V. Falzone D No
MA - Tenth Essex Robert F. Fennell D No
MA - Eleventh Essex Steven Myles Walsh D No
MA - Twelfth Essex Joyce A. Spiliotis D Yes
MA - Thirteenth Essex Theodore C. 'Ted'  Speliotis D No
MA - Fourteenth Essex David M. Torrisi D No
MA - Fifteenth Essex Linda Dean Campbell D Yes
MA - Sixteenth Essex William Lantigua D Yes
MA - Seventeenth Essex Barry R. Finegold D No
MA - Eighteenth Essex Barbara A. L'Italien D No
MA - First Franklin Stephen Kulik D No
MA - Second Franklin Christopher J. Donelan D No
MA - First Hampden Todd M. Smola R Yes
MA - Second Hampden Mary S. Rogeness R Yes
MA - Third Hampden Rosemary Sandlin D No
MA - Fourth Hampden Donald F. 'Don'  Humason Jr. R Yes
MA - Fifth Hampden Michael F. Kane D Yes
MA - Sixth Hampden James T. 'Jim'  Welch D No
MA - Seventh Hampden Thomas M. Petrolati D Yes
MA - Eighth Hampden Joseph F. Wagner D No
MA - Ninth Hampden Sean Curran D Yes
MA - Tenth Hampden Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera D No
MA - Eleventh Hampden Benjamin Swan Sr. D No
MA - Twelfth Hampden Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. D No
MA - First Hampshire Peter V. Kocot D No
MA - Second Hampshire John W. Scibak D No
MA - Third Hampshire Ellen S. Story D No
MA - First Middlesex Robert S. 'Bob'  Hargraves R Yes
MA - Second Middlesex Geoffrey D. Hall D No
MA - Third Middlesex Patricia A. Walrath D No
MA - Fourth Middlesex Stephen P. LeDuc D No
MA - Fifth Middlesex David Paul Linsky D No
MA - Sixth Middlesex Pamela 'Pam'  Richardson D No
MA - Seventh Middlesex Tom Sannicandro D No
MA - Eighth Middlesex Paul J.P. Loscocco R No
MA - Ninth Middlesex Thomas M. 'Tom'  Stanley D No
MA - Tenth Middlesex Peter J. Koutoujian D No
MA - Eleventh Middlesex Kay S. Khan D No
MA - Twelfth Middlesex Ruth B. Balser D No
MA - Thirteenth Middlesex Thomas P. 'Tom'  Conroy D No
MA - Fourteenth Middlesex Cory Atkins D No
MA - Fifteenth Middlesex Jay R. Kaufman D No
MA - Sixteenth Middlesex Thomas A. 'Tom'  Golden Jr. D No
MA - Seventeenth Middlesex David M. Nangle D Yes
MA - Eighteenth Middlesex Kevin J. Murphy D No
MA - Nineteenth Middlesex James R. Miceli D Yes
MA - Twentieth Middlesex Bradley H. 'Brad'  Jones Jr. R No
MA - Twenty-First Middlesex Charles A. 'Charley'  Murphy D No
MA - Twenty-Second Middlesex William G. Greene Jr. D Yes
MA - Twenty-Third Middlesex J. James 'Jim'  Marzilli Jr. D No
MA - Twenty-Fourth Middlesex William N. 'Will'  Brownsberger D No
MA - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex Alice K. Wolf D No
MA - Twenty-Sixth Middlesex Timothy J. 'Tim'  Toomey Jr. D No
MA - Twenty-Seventh Middlesex Denise Provost D No
MA - Twenty-Eighth Middlesex Stephen Stat Smith D No
MA - Twenty-Ninth Middlesex Rachel Kaprielian D No
MA - Thirtieth Middlesex Patrick Natale D No
MA - Thirty-First Middlesex Paul C. Casey D Yes
MA - Thirty-Second Middlesex Michael E. 'Mike'  Festa D No
MA - Thirty-Third Middlesex Christopher G. Fallon D No
MA - Thirty-Fourth Middlesex Carl M. Sciortino Jr. D No
MA - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Paul J. Donato Sr. D Yes
MA - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex Colleen M. Garry D Yes
MA - Thirty-Seventh Middlesex James B. 'Jamie'  Eldridge D No
MA - First Norfolk Bruce J. Ayers D Yes
MA - Second Norfolk Arthur Stephen Tobin D Yes
MA - Third Norfolk Ronald 'Ron'  Mariano D No
MA - Fourth Norfolk James Michael Murphy D Yes
MA - Fifth Norfolk Joseph R. Driscoll Jr. D No
MA - Sixth Norfolk William C. 'Bill'  Galvin D No
MA - Seventh Norfolk Walter F. Timilty D Yes
MA - Eighth Norfolk Louis L. 'Lou'  Kafka D No
MA - Ninth Norfolk Richard J. Ross R No
MA - Tenth Norfolk James E. 'Jim'  Vallee D No
MA - Eleventh Norfolk Paul McMurtry D No
MA - Twelfth Norfolk John H. Rogers D No
MA - Thirteenth Norfolk Lida E. Harkins D No
MA - Fourteenth Norfolk Alice Hanlon Peisch D No
MA - Fifteenth Norfolk Frank Israel Smizik D No
MA - First Plymouth Viriato Manuel 'Vinny'  deMacedo R Yes
MA - Second Plymouth Susan Williams Gifford R Yes
MA - Third Plymouth Garrett J. Bradley D No
MA - Fourth Plymouth Frank M. Hynes D Yes
MA - Fifth Plymouth Robert J. Nyman D No
MA - Sixth Plymouth Daniel K. Webster R Yes
MA - Seventh Plymouth Allen J. McCarthy D No
MA - Eighth Plymouth David L. Flynn D Yes
MA - Ninth Plymouth Thomas P. Kennedy D No
MA - Tenth Plymouth Christine E. Canavan D No
MA - Eleventh Plymouth Geraldine Creedon D Yes
MA - Twelfth Plymouth Thomas J. 'Tom'  Calter III D No
MA - First Suffolk Anthony W. Petruccelli D No
MA - Second Suffolk Eugene L. 'Gene'  O'Flaherty D No
MA - Third Suffolk Salvatore F. DiMasi D No
MA - Fourth Suffolk Brian P. Wallace D No
MA - Fifth Suffolk Marie St. Fleur D Did Not Vote
MA - Sixth Suffolk Willie Mae Allen D No
MA - Seventh Suffolk Gloria L. Fox D No
MA - Eighth Suffolk Martha 'Marty'  Walz D No
MA - Ninth Suffolk Byron Rushing D No
MA - Tenth Suffolk Michael F. 'Mike'  Rush D Yes
MA - Eleventh Suffolk Elizabeth A. 'Liz'  Malia D No
MA - Twelfth Suffolk Linda Dorcena Forry D No
MA - Thirteenth Suffolk Martin J. 'Marty'  Walsh D No
MA - Fourteenth Suffolk Angelo M. Scaccia D Yes
MA - Fifteenth Suffolk Jeffrey Sánchez D No
MA - Sixteenth Suffolk Kathi-Anne Reinstein D No
MA - Seventeenth Suffolk Kevin G. Honan D No
MA - Eighteenth Suffolk Michael J. Moran D No
MA - Nineteenth Suffolk Robert A. DeLeo D No
MA - First Worcester Lewis G. Evangelidis R Yes
MA - Second Worcester Robert L. Rice D No
MA - Third Worcester Stephen L. 'Steve'  DiNatale D No
MA - Fourth Worcester Jennifer L. 'Jen'  Flanagan D No
MA - Fifth Worcester Anne M. Gobi D No
MA - Sixth Worcester Geraldo Alicea D No
MA - Seventh Worcester Paul K. Frost R Yes
MA - Eighth Worcester Paul Kujawski D No
MA - Ninth Worcester George N. Peterson Jr. R Yes
MA - Tenth Worcester John V. Fernandes D No
MA - Eleventh Worcester Karyn E. Polito R Yes
MA - Twelfth Worcester Harold P. 'Hank'  Naughton Jr. D No
MA - Thirteenth Worcester Robert P. 'Bob'  Spellane D No
MA - Fourteenth Worcester James J. 'Jim'  O'Day D No
MA - Fifteenth Worcester Vincent A. Pedone D No
MA - Sixteenth Worcester John P. Fresolo D Yes
MA - Seventeenth Worcester John J. Binienda Sr. D Yes
MA - Eighteenth Worcester Jennifer M. Callahan D No
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