Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0135

Roll call 8 of 8 at the meeting of August 27, 2025: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 not present.

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The motion

City Council Vote: Heat Safety Ordinance Passed

The City's own summary of the docket.

yeas 11 (Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

The clerk's full description

On the message and ordinance, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0135, to protect workers from heat related illness and injuries in the City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted, the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 11 (Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

How each councillor voted

12 recorded

How this record was read

The City's data gives surnames and short vote codes. These changes were made to read it, and nothing else:

  • The City's record lists Fernandes Anderson with no vote; left out of the count.