# Massachusetts H 2517: An Act to update postural screenings in schools

Massachusetts H 2517, An Act to update postural screenings in schools, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Sean Reid (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-08-04 (Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 2517
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to update postural screenings in schools
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-08-04, Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
- Sponsor: Sean Reid (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Health, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules
- 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: Sean Reid (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-07 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should H2517, An Act to update postural screenings in schools accompanied by H2412, An Act to update postural screenings in schools be reported out with Recommendation: Ought to pass, report to the House? | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-08-04: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-07-30: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-08-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-08-21: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-08-21: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-07-24: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-07-24: Accompanied by H2412 (House)
- 2025-06-06: Hearing scheduled for 06/11/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Public Health (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-07-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2517.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2517.pdf)

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- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2517-194 (as of 2026-11-01).