{"id":7025965,"date":"2026-08-04T00:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/what-happened-on-the-last-day-of-the-formal-legislative-session-progressive-mass\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:59:55","slug":"what-happened-on-the-last-day-of-the-formal-legislative-session-progressive-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7025965","title":{"rendered":"What Happened on the Last Day of the Formal Legislative Session? \u2013 Progressive Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"


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July 31 is the last day of the formal legislative session for Beacon Hill. That typically produces a flurry of last-minute legislative activity, and it did\u2013but with a twist. <\/p>\n

Two years ago, when the sun rose on August 1, the Legislature was left without agreement on a number of key bills, with conference committees having yet to settle on final text. The Legislature got a lot of negative press for that, and deservedly so. However, they came back throughout the fall to finish the work. <\/p>\n

Now, two years later, the two chambers again failed to come to agreement on a number of key bills. However, they blessed such procrastination in the rules they adopted last year, enabling themselves to more readily take up bills after July 31 so long as they are able to appoint the negotiators by then. <\/p>\n

So what happened these final days? <\/p>\n