Roll call vote on the repeal of gay marriage ban
Here's how members of the Massachusetts House voted Tuesday on repealing a 1913 law that blocked out-of-state gays from marrying in Massachusetts if their union would not be legally recognized in their home state. The vote was 119-36, after one member on each side of the question was allowed to vote after time expired in the initial roll call. A majority vote was needed.
A "yes" vote was in favor of the repeal; a "no" vote was in support of maintaining the ban.
HOUSE:
Kevin Aguiar, D-Fall River - Y
Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton - Y
Willie Mae Allen, D-Boston - Y
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - Y
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - Y
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - N
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - Y
Fred Barrows, R-Mansfield - N
Carlo J. Basile, D-Boston, - Y
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - N
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - Y
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - Y
William N. Brownsberger, D-Belmont - Y
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - Y
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - Y
Thomas Calter, D-Kingston - Y
Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen - Y
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - Y
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - Y
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - N
Katherine Clark, D-Melrose - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - Y
Thomas F. Conroy, D-Wayland - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - Y
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - N
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y
Steven J. D'Amico, D-Seekonk - Y
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - Y
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - N
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - Y
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - Y
Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg - Y
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - Y
Joseph R. Driscoll Jr., D-Braintree - N
Lori A. Ehrlich, D-Marblehead - Y
James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - Y
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - N
James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - N
Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - Y
Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - Y
Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - Y
John V. Fernandes, D-Milford - Y
Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - Y
Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - Y
David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - N
Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - Y
Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - Y
John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - N
Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - N
William C. Galvin, D-Canton - Y
Sean Garballey, D-Arlington - Y
Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - N
Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - N
Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - Y
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - Y
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - Y
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - N
Denis Guyer, D-Dalton - Y
Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - Y
Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - Y
Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - N
Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - Y
Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich - Y
Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - Y
Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - N
Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - N
Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading - Y
Louis L. Kafka, D-Stoughton - Y
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - Y
John D. Keenan, D-Salem - Y
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - Y
Kay Khan, D-Newton - Y
Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton - Y
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - Y
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - Y
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - Y
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - Y
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - N
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - Y
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - Y
Paul Loscocco, R-Holliston - Y
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - Y
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - Y
Allen J. McCarthy, D-East Bridgewater - Y
Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham - Y
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - N
Michael Moran, D-Boston - Y
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - Y
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - N
Kevin J. Murphy, D-Lowell - Y
David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y
Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - X
Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - Y
Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - Y
James O'Day, D-West Boylston - Y
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - Y
Matthew C. Patrick, D-Falmouth - Y
Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown - Y
Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - Y
Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - Y
Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - Y
George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - N
Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - N
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - X
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - N
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - N
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - Y
Angelo Puppolo, D-Wilbraham - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - Y
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - Y
Robert Rice Jr., D-Gardner - Y
Pam Richardson, D-Framingham - Y
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - Y
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - N
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - Y
Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - Y
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - N
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - Y
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - Y
Rosemary Sandlin, D-Agawam - Y
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - Y
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - N
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - Y
Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Somerville - Y
Stephen Smith, D-Everett - Y
Frank I. Smizik, D-Brookline - Y
Todd M. Smola, R-Palmer - N
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - Y
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - Y
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Pittsfield - Y
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Marie P. St. Fleur, D-Boston - Y
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - X
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - Y
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - Y
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - Y
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - Y
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - Y
Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - N
A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - N
Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - Y
David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - Y
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - Y
Cleon H. Turner, D-Dennis - Y
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - Y
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - Y
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - Y
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - Y
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - Y
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - Y
Martha M. Walz, D-Boston - Y
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - N
James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - Y
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - Y
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N no
Y yes
X not voting
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