# Massachusetts S 13: Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution requiring a supermajority vote for the utilization of rainy day funds

Massachusetts S 13, Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution requiring a supermajority vote for the utilization of rainy day funds, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Bruce E. Tarr (Republican); status passed senate, last action 2026-10-28 (Joint session held and dissolved) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 13
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution requiring a supermajority vote for the utilization of rainy day funds
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-03
- Last action: 2026-10-28, Joint session held and dissolved
- Sponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Revenue
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | committee | Committee Adverse: Should the Committee be authorized to adversely report the following amendments? | fail | 5 | 1 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-10-28: Joint session held and dissolved (legislature)
- 2026-04-08: Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (legislature)
- 2025-10-09: Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (legislature)
- 2025-10-06: Order relative to session adopted and recessed to Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 11:30AM (legislature)
- 2025-05-14: Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-05-12: Called for consideration in the joint session (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Placed on file, in concurrence (House)
- 2025-05-01: Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Hearing scheduled for 03/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-03-03: House concurred (House)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to the committee on Revenue (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S13.pdf)

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- S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief (signed)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S13.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S13-194 (as of 2026-11-04).