THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAY, JAnUArY 16, 2026 Page 3 Representative Donald Wong maintains impressive voting record in first half of 2025-2026 session Casts votes on 112 of 116 roll calls taken up by the House in 2025 B OSTON – State Representative Donald H. Wong (R-Saugus) maintained a near-perfect voting record in 2025, participating in all but four of the 116 roll call votes recorded in the House of Representatives between February 6, 2025, and November 19, 2025. Representative Wong compiled a 97% attendance record last year by casting votes on several major policy initiatives during the first half of the 20252026 legislative session, including legislation that would require human trafficking awareness training for hospitality workers, provide $234 million in onetime financial support for fiscally strained hospitals and community health centers, and implement a formal licensing process for home care agencies operating in Massachusetts to help protect vulnerable clients receiving services. Representative Wong also supported a proposal filed during the Fiscal Year 2026 House budget debate to repeal the 2023 no cost calls law, which provides unlimited phone calls for inmates at county and state correctional facilities, and redirect the $10 million in funding set aside for this program in the House budget to support unrestricted local aid for cities and towns. The amendment, which was rejected on a roll call vote of 26-128, also would have established a commission to study the fiscal challenges posed by this program and its impact on prisoner participation in state funded re-entry programs. One of the first votes taken by Representative Wong this session was in support of a supplemental budget amendment requiring all funding expended for ed to the emergency shelter system, following reports of a nobid contract that cost the state close to $10 million. The new requirement will extend competitive bidding protections to all aspects of the emergency shelter system receiving state funding to help eliminate wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. Representative Wong also supported an amendment filed during the Fiscal Year 2026 House budget debate that would have WONG | SEE PAGE 6 Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ Donald Wong State Representative providing services through the state’s emergency housing assistance program to be subject to a competitive bidding process. The House Republican Caucus previously secured language in a 2024 supplemental budget imposing a competitive bidding requirement for all food contracts relat* Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net SABATINO/MASTROCOLA INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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