# Massachusetts S 2542: An Act to build resilience for Massachusetts communities

Massachusetts S 2542, An Act to build resilience for Massachusetts communities, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status passed senate, last action 2026-04-15 (New draft substituted, see S3050); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2542
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to build resilience for Massachusetts communities
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Last action: 2026-04-15, New draft substituted, see S3050
- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (19 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: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-08 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft | pass | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-11-25 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 4 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-04-15: New draft substituted, see S3050 (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Read second (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 15, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3050 (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (Senate)
- 2025-07-15: Hearing rescheduled to 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-08:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2025-06-26: House concurred (House)
- 2025-06-26: Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2542.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2542.pdf)

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- [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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2542-194 (as of 2026-11-01).