Nearly 60 bills passed in the last session
$425 million allocated to support emergency housing assistance
A big slate of bills became law in the last session, and observers say that in the final analysis, Spilka got more of what she wanted than either House Speaker Ron Mariano or Governor Healey. (Spilka also made headlines by killing Mayor Michelle Wu’s property tax proposal in December.) Community-college affordability, economic development, the Everett soccer stadium, universal school meals, wage equity, clean energy investment, and Boston liquor-license reform were among the bills passed by the Spilka-led Senate and ultimately signed into law.