# Massachusetts S 2348: An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder

Massachusetts S 2348, An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2025-07-24 (New draft substituted, see S2558) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2348
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-07-24, New draft substituted, see S2558
- Sponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Subjects: Transportation, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (23 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: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John C. Velis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sal N. DiDomenico (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-17 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-26 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2025-07-24: New draft substituted, see S2558 (Senate)
- 2025-07-24: Read second (Senate)
- 2025-07-17: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 24th, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-07-17: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2025-07-17: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2558 (Senate)
- 2025-07-07: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Hearing rescheduled to 06/24/2025 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 Transportation (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2348.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/S2348.pdf)

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