# Massachusetts H 3598: An Act protecting against attempts to ban, remove, or restrict library access to materials

Massachusetts H 3598, An Act protecting against attempts to ban, remove, or restrict library access to materials, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-10-06 (Accompanied H3594) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3598
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act protecting against attempts to ban, remove, or restrict library access to materials
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-10-06, Accompanied H3594
- Sponsor: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
- 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: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Paul Linsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-18 | committee | Committee Accompanied: Ought to pass | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (4)

- 2025-10-06: Accompanied H3594 (House)
- 2025-07-10: Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3598.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/H3598.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3598-194 (as of 2026-11-01).