# Massachusetts H 2087: An Act relating to privileged communication between individuals and their labor organizations

Massachusetts H 2087, An Act relating to privileged communication between individuals and their labor organizations, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic); status third reading, last action 2025-11-17 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 2087
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relating to privileged communication between individuals and their labor organizations
- Status: third reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-11-17, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Subjects: Labor and Workforce Development, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chynah Tyler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James J. O'Day (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Field (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul McMurtry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan M. Hamilton (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-17 | committee | Committee Favorable: Labor and Workforce Development | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-11-17: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-11-17: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-11-17: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-10-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-07-10: Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2087.pdf)

## Related bills

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- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2087.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2087-194 (as of 2026-11-01).