# Massachusetts S 2522: An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Massachusetts S 2522, An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2025-06-26 (New draft substituted, see S2538) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2522
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-04-14
- Last action: 2025-06-26, New draft substituted, see S2538
- Sponsor: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: Health Care Financing, the Judiciary, Judiciary, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (16 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: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrea Joy Campbell
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David M. Rogers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Francis Moran (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-18 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-06-26: New draft substituted, see S2538 (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: Read second (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 26, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2538 (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: Read, rules suspended, and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: Bill reported favorably by committee (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-05-29: Senate concurs in the reference to the committee on The Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: Senate receded from its referral to the committee on Health Care Financing (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-05-27: Referred to the committee on the Judiciary (House)
- 2025-05-27: House NON-concurred in the reference (House)
- 2025-05-27: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-04-14: Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Senate Rule 20 and Joint Rule 12 suspended (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2522.pdf)

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
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- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2522.pdf)

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