Legislative Highlights of 2023-2024 Session

SENATE PASSES PHARMACEUTICAL ACCESS, COSTS AND TRANSPARENCY (PACT) ACT 3.0

Senate Passes Supplemental Budget to Close Fiscal Year 2023

SENATE PASSES BILL EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION DRUG

SENATE VOTES FOR HISTORIC EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS

Senate passes legislation addressing Massachusetts pay inequities

Revenge Porn Bill Reported Out Favorably from Judiciary Committee

Final Tax Relief Package Sent to Governor’s Desk

Massachusetts Fulfills Sen Velis Legislation, Establishes Veterans’ Equality Review Board to Ensure LGBTQ Veterans Receive State Veteran Benefits

Sen Velis Veterans’ Bonus Eligibility Bill Passed in Final Budget

Legislature Maintains Senator Velis’ Priorities for District and State in Final FY24 Budget

Legislature Passes $200 Million Supplemental Budget

Legislature Passes Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

Legislature Passes Bill Authorizing Chapter 90 Funding

Senate Passes Legislation to Provide Free ID Cards to People Experiencing Homelessness

Senate Passes Bill Allowing Nonbinary Gender Option on Birth Certificates, Drivers’ Licenses

Senate Passes $513 Million Supplemental Budget

Elder Affairs Committee Advances Long-Term Care Bill

Senate Resoundingly Approves Tax Relief Bill

Sen. Velis Secures $3.76 Million for Statewide and District Priorities through Amendments to FY’24 Senate Budget

Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

Sen. Velis Highlights Behavioral Health Funding in FY24 Senate Budget Proposal

Senate Passes Legislation creating Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities

Senate Passes Legislation Authorizing Chapter 90 Funding

Massachusetts Legislature Passes $388.6 Million Supplemental Budget

Senate Passes Supplemental Budget to fund essential services, extend COVID-era measures, and authorize public works bonding

Legislative Highlights of 2021-2022 Session

Legislature Sends Compromise Economic Development Bill to Governor’s Desk, Includes $2.5 Million Secured by Senator Velis for District

Senate Passes Legislation to Help People with Disabilities Live Independently

Governor Baker Signs SPEED Act at Hanscom Air Force Base

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE LEGALIZES SPORTS BETTING

Legislature Passes Landmark Mental Health Reform 

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL SUPPORTING VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE PASSES VETERANS’ HOME GOVERNANCE LEGISLATION

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE PASSES LEGISLATION TO FOSTER GREATER EQUITY IN CANNABIS INDUSTRY

LEGISLATURE PASSES $11.3 BILLION TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

Senate Passes the SAVE Students Act

Senate Passes Bill to Limit the Use of Step Therapy

Senator Velis Secures $1.5 Million to Help Replace Main Street Sewer Pipes

Sen. Velis Amendment Repeals Archaic Gold Star Spouses Restriction

Senate Passes Legislation to Promote Economic Growth and Give Residents Relief

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Major Clean Energy Legislation

Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Transportation Infrastructure Bond Bill

Senator Velis Secures $1,000,000 in Senate Budget for Westfield High School Improvements

Senate Passes Animal Welfare Legislation

Senate Passes Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Family Settlement, House Passes Sen. Velis’ SPEED Act

State Senate Passes Transformational Bill to Expand Access to High-Quality, Affordable Early Education and Child Care

Gov. Baker Signs Sen. Velis Military Voting Policy into Law

Senator Velis Secures Funding to Combat Record High Rate of Overdose Deaths

Senate Passes Legislation Authorizing Chapter 90-Plus Funding

Senate Passes Sen. Velis Amendment for LGBTQ Veterans Discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Senate Passes Fiscal Year 2023 Budget

SENATE PASSES SPORTS BETTING LEGISLATION

Senate Passes Major Climate Bill

Senate Passes Cannabis Bill, Includes Sen. Velis Amendment to Support Municipalities

Senate Passes $1.65 Billion Supplemental Budget

Senate Passes Soldiers’ Home Governance Bill, Senator Velis Secures Amendments to Streamline Chain of Command and Maintain Local Power

Senate Passes Pharmaceutical Access, Cost and Transparency (PACT) Act 2022

VETERANS COMMITTEE REPORTS OUT COMPACT BILL, WILL SEND “STRONG MESSAGE” TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Senator Velis Testifies in Support of Judicial Security Act

Senate Passes Mental Health ABC Act 2.0

SENATE APPROVES NERO’S LAW – Bill creates new protections for law enforcement K9 officers

Velis Secures $3.5M in Senate ARPA Bill for Treehouse Foundation, Veterans, and District Organizations

Senator Velis Amendments for Medal of Liberty, Veterans’ Treatment Courts, Adopted in Senate ARPA Debate

Senate Passes American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Spending Bill

Senate Passes SPEED Act to Support Military Families Relocating to Massachusetts

Senate Adopts Velis Amendment for Overseas Military Voters

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Bill Authorizing $350 Million in Funding for Transportation Infrastructure

Senate Votes to Extend Popular State of Emergency Measures

Senator Velis Secures $2 million in Budget Amendments for District, Statewide Organizations

Velis Secures $500,000 Budget Amendment for Women Veterans

Velis Secures Budget Amendments to Fund Narcan Pilot Program and Help People in Recovery Find Jobs

Senate Passes FY 2022 Budget

Senate Enacts Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Conference Bill

Massachusetts Senate Advances Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Bond Bill

Velis Small Business Bills Referred to Committee

Velis Files Education Bills in Senate

Velis introduces legislation to support military families

Senate Passes Comprehensive Unemployment and Business Support Bill

Velis Calls for Centralized Booking for Vaccine Registration, Co-Sponsors Bill to Improve System

Legislative Highlights of 2021-2022 Session

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