Press Room

From landmark legislation to historic transparency measures, 2025 was a year of delivering for the Commonwealth.

Today, Massachusetts legislative leaders and the Healey-Driscoll Administration stood together to commend the Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism and its work to address antisemitic incidents and strengthen protections against discrimination and harassment.

The Massachusetts Legislature yesterday passed legislation to strengthen protections for public transit workers by expanding laws on assault and battery against public employees.

The Massachusetts Senate acted today to reform oversight of the maturing cannabis industry by reorganizing the state’s regulatory agency and making targeted updates that support recreational consumers and small businesses.

Today, the Massachusetts Legislature passed joint resolutions H.4692 and S.2684 which rescind all previous applications for a national Constitutional Convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. This joint initiative is in response to concerns that Congress and the Trump Administration could attempt to use prior Massachusetts resolutions to call for an Article V Constitutional Convention to advance their own political agenda, moves that could have broad and sweeping implications on current protections under the U.S. Constitution.

The Massachusetts Legislature today passed a supplemental budget that prioritizes affordability for Massachusetts residents and protections for those being negatively impacted by decisions at the federal level.

The Fiscal Year 2025 closeout supplemental budget conference report agreement totals $2.31 billion in gross spending, with a net cost to the Commonwealth of $806.9 million after accounting for federal reimbursements.

Today, Representative Aaron Michlewitz, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Senator Michael J. Rodrigues, Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement regarding the Fiscal Year 2025 Closeout Supplemental Budget.