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MassachusettsH 62194th General Court (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency

Sponsored By: House Committee on Ways and Means

Signed by Governor

House Ways and MeansHouse Steering, Policy and SchedulingBills in the Third Reading

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

COVID-19 flexibilities stay through June 2027

This emergency law keeps existing COVID-19 measures in place longer. It moves two expiration dates from March 31, 2025 to June 30, 2027. The extensions cover measures first passed in 2021 and 2022. People, providers, and programs using these temporary rules can keep doing so until June 30, 2027. The law makes no new programs, funding, or eligibility changes.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • House Committee on Ways and Means

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025

    3/28/2025

  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

    3/20/2025Senate

  3. Enacted

    3/20/2025House

  4. Emergency preamble adopted

    3/20/2025Senate

  5. Emergency preamble adopted

    3/20/2025House

  6. House concurred in the Senate amendment

    3/20/2025House

  7. Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

    3/20/2025House

  8. Passed to be engrossed

    3/20/2025Senate

  9. Amended (Rodrigues) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2506

    3/20/2025Senate

  10. Read third (title changed)

    3/20/2025Senate

  11. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

    3/20/2025Senate

  12. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

    3/17/2025Senate

  13. Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed

    3/17/2025House

  14. Rules suspended

    3/17/2025House

  15. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

    3/17/2025House

  16. Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    3/17/2025House

  17. Reported on a part of H55

    3/17/2025House

  18. Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means

    3/17/2025House

Bill Text

  • Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025

    3/28/2025

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