Items in any status, sorted by recent activity.
Next: The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.
2026-0194 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced January 15, 2026
The City Council ordered a hearing to audit Boston’s procurement processes, procedures, and progress.
updated September 2, 2026
2026-0475 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced March 2, 2026
The City Council filed a hearing order to review Rule 15, which governs filing matters that may duplicate or differ in subtopic.
updated August 13, 2026
2026-1338 · Request for a public hearing · Allston and Brighton · Introduced July 6, 2026
The City Council ordered a hearing to discuss reestablishing the Allston post office location and to review impacts on Allston-Brighton residents, small businesses, and immigrant communities.
updated July 9, 2026
2026-1101 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced May 26, 2026
This matter requests a City Council hearing to discuss Boston’s Main Streets Programs and the Wolf & Company audit released in December 2025.
updated June 5, 2026
2026-0633 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced March 21, 2026
This matter orders a hearing to review how the City Council budgets amendments are proposed, reviewed, funded, and reported.
updated June 1, 2026
2026-1005 · Formal position, not binding · Introduced May 11, 2026
The City Council's matter, introduced May 11, 2026 and referred May 13, 2026, calls for a temporary pause on new vertical construction at White Stadium in Franklin Park.
updated May 18, 2026
2026-0929 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced May 4, 2026
The matter titled Order for a meeting to review the Boston City Council rules was introduced on May 4, 2026 and referred by City Council to the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Administration.
updated May 7, 2026
2026-0866 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced April 27, 2026
This matter authorizes an annual hearing to discuss the City of Boston Planning Department’s performance, transparency, and the 2026 annual report.
updated April 30, 2026
2026-0410 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced February 23, 2026
The City Council ordered a hearing to examine the history, current structure, and potential modernization of the Boston City Charter in advance of the city’s 400th anniversary.
updated April 24, 2026
Next: The committee decides whether to send it to the full council for a vote.
2026-1413 · New city law · Introduced July 17, 2026
The OPAT Reform Ordinance would update the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency rules to improve timeliness, public reporting, and concurrent investigations with criminal cases.
updated July 27, 2026
2026-1415 · New city law · Introduced July 17, 2026
This ordinance would require the Streets Cabinet, Transportation Department, and Public Works to issue an annual report on all streets projects.
updated July 23, 2026
2026-0160 · New city law · Introduced January 26, 2026
The ordinance would create a City of Boston identification card available to residents regardless of race, gender identity, immigration status, or housing situation.
updated July 17, 2026
2026-1054 · Request to the state · Introduced May 18, 2026
This matter is a City Council petition to reform Rule 17F, which governs how the Mayor provides information to the Council.
updated May 21, 2026
Next: The city department has to respond.
2026-1513 · Mayor's directive · Introduced July 29, 2026
The City Council approved an order to accept and spend a $130,000 Harvard Business School Leadership Fellow grant awarded to the Mayor's Office.
updated August 6, 2026
2026-1423 · Information request to the mayor · Introduced July 20, 2026
This City Council order requests the Mayor to provide copies of all materials related to Boston Public Schools' Madison Park MSBA eligibility submissions.
updated July 23, 2026
2026-1422 · Information request to the mayor · Roxbury and West Roxbury · Introduced July 20, 2026
The City Council passed a 17F order on July 22, 2026, to obtain documents about the planning process for the John D.
updated July 23, 2026
2026-1002 · Information request to the mayor · Introduced May 11, 2026
This matter is a City Council 17F order that was passed on May 13, 2026.
updated July 7, 2026
2026-1226 · Mayor's directive · Introduced June 22, 2026
The City Council accepted a donation of $25,000 from Cities Forward, Inc.
updated June 29, 2026
2026-1064 · Formal position, not binding · Introduced May 18, 2026
The City Council passed a resolution on May 20, 2026 calling for rescission of the 2022 elected official salary increases and redirecting savings to essential city services.
updated May 21, 2026
2026-1004 · Formal position, not binding · Introduced May 4, 2026
The City Council adopted a resolution urging City of Boston employees to resume in-person work for at least four days per week.
updated May 15, 2026
2026-0878 · Formal position, not binding · Allston · Introduced April 27, 2026
The City Council passed a resolution in support of the United States Postal Service reestablishing a post office in Allston.
updated April 30, 2026
2026-1616 · Formal position, not binding · South Boston · Introduced August 24, 2026
The City Council resolution asked the Massachusetts Secretary of State to investigate incorrect ballots distributed during Early Voting in Boston and to maintain state receivership of the Boston Election Department through the 2028 election.
updated August 27, 2026
2026-0269 · Request for a public hearing · Introduced January 29, 2026
The City Council originally scheduled a hearing to review the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency (OPAT) to clarify its mission, goals, objectives, and challenges and to improve accountability and public confidence.
updated June 29, 2026
2026-1246 · Formal position, not binding · Introduced June 17, 2026
The City Council withdrew this resolution, which originally expressed support for House Bill 5491, an act implementing the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report recommendations.
updated June 26, 2026
2026-1067 · Formal position, not binding · Introduced May 18, 2026
The City Council adopted a resolution on May 20, 2026 urging pursuing the budget amendment process to fulfill its fiscal duties.
updated May 21, 2026