# Massachusetts S 1646: An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes Massachusetts S 1646, An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Nick Collins (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S1646-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts S 1646 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2026-06-26, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 13 - Subjects: Public Safety and Homeland Security, Senate Ways and Means, House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (208 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Property owners get fire-code violation alerts: benefit, low. Massachusetts' Department of Fire Services must collect records of written violation notices and fines under state fire laws and regulations. It must work with the Division of Occupational Licensure and authorized code enforcement officers. The department must maintain a public website database wit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul K. Frost (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-10 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 156 | 0 | | | 2026-06-09 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: S.1646 “An Act relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes” as amended | pass | 30 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-03-19 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment | pass | 16 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-12-03 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 6 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2026-06-26: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-06-18: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-06-18: Enacted (House) - 2026-06-18: Senate concurred in the House amendment (Senate) - 2026-06-18: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-06-10: Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 213) (House) - 2026-06-10: Read third (House) - 2026-06-10: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-06-10: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-06-10: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House) - 2026-06-10: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-06-10: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending (House) - 2026-06-10: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5488, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-03-26: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) - 2026-03-23: Ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Amendment #2 (Moore) rejected (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Read second (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-20: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: House concurred (House) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (Senate) ## Bill text - Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-26: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1646.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - 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 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 - [Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1646.pdf) ## Related - [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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [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) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S1646-194 (as of 2026-11-01).