HR 19 — encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.
Last action — Ought to Pass: MA RC 191-155 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 65
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced November 07, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
Advancing
58% · moderate confidence
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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10 sponsors
1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 1 recorded vote so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Ought to Pass: MA RC 191-155 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 65
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Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2026 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 9 P. 35
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Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 234
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Public Hearing: 02/13/2026 02:30 pm GP 232
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Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1 P. 38
Sponsors
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière · Cosponsor
- Bryan Morse · Cosponsor
- Kristine Perez · Cosponsor
- Robert Wherry · Cosponsor
- Kristin Noble · Cosponsor
- Michael Moffett · Cosponsor
- Jordan Ulery · Cosponsor
- Donald McFarlane · Primary
- Henry Giasson · Cosponsor
- James Thibault · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 405 not signed on · 147 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Donald McFarlane Republican
Co-sponsors (9)
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière
- Bryan Morse Republican
- Kristine Perez Republican
- Robert Wherry Republican
- Kristin Noble Republican
- Michael Moffett Republican
- Jordan Ulery Republican
- Henry Giasson Republican
- James Thibault Republican
Not signed on (405)
405 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 405 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
191 Yea
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155 Nay
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44 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 175 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Democrat | 6 | 143 | 0 | 17 |
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 189 | 148 | 0 | 44 |
| % of votes cast | 50% | 39% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (381)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Susan C DeLemus | — | Yea |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | — | Yea |
| Kimberly A Rice | — | Yea |
| Lisa M Freeman | — | Yea |
| Paul P Dargie | — | Nay |
| Patrick N Long | — | Yea |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Yea |
| Gary L. Daniels | — | Yea |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Yea |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Nay |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Paige | Democrat | Yea |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Nay |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Nay |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Nay |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Nay |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Nay |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Yea |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Nay |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Yea |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Nay |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Yea |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Yea |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Yea |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Yea |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Yea |
| George Grant | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Yea |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Yea |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Thibault | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| John Hunt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Janigian | Republican | Yea |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Suiter | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Sytek | Republican | Nay |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Not Voting |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Not Voting |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Not Voting |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Yea |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Yea |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Not Voting |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Not Voting |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Not Voting |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Yea |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Not Voting |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Yea |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Yea |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- What does HR 19 do?
- encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.
- Who sponsors HR 19?
- HR 19 is sponsored by Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière, Bryan Morse (Republican), Kristine Perez (Republican), Robert Wherry (Republican), Kristin Noble (Republican), Michael Moffett (Republican), Jordan Ulery (Republican), Donald McFarlane (Republican), Henry Giasson (Republican), and James Thibault (Republican).
- What is the current status of HR 19?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced November 07, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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