# Massachusetts S 2581: An Act to promote student learning and mental health Massachusetts S 2581, An Act to promote student learning and mental health, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-05-20 (Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-F. Moran-Vieira), in concurrence) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2581-194 - 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 2581 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to promote student learning and mental health - Status: passed house - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-07-31 - Last action: 2026-05-20, Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-F. Moran-Vieira), in concurrence - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (631 yes, 163 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-08 | House | Quorum Roll Call | pass | 154 | 0 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | Consolidated amendment A adopted | pass | 155 | 0 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | Amendment 15 rejected | fail | 27 | 128 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 129 | 25 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | Consolidated amendment B adopted | pass | 144 | 10 | | | 2026-04-07 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: S.2581 “An Act to promote student learning and mental health” as amended | pass | 22 | 0 | 7 | ## Actions (24) - 2026-05-20: Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-F. Moran-Vieira), in concurrence (House) - 2026-05-20: House insisted on its amendment (House) - 2026-05-20: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-05-07: Committee of conference appointed (Crighton-Rodrigues-Durant) (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Senate NON-concurred in the House amendment (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Passed to be engrossed - 129 YEAS to 25 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 156) (House) - 2026-04-08: For the text of House amendments, see H5366 (House) - 2026-04-08: Consolidated amendment B adopted - 144 YEAS to 10 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 155) (House) - 2026-04-08: Quorum Roll Call - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 154) (House) - 2026-04-08: Consolidated amendment B pending (House) - 2026-04-08: Consolidated amendment A adopted - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 153) (House) - 2026-04-08: Amendment 15 rejected - 27 YEAS to 128 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 152) (House) - 2026-04-08: Amendment 7 rejected (House) - 2026-04-08: Read third (House) - 2026-04-08: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-04-08: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-04-08: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House) - 2026-04-08: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-04-08: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending (House) - 2026-04-08: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5349, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-08-04: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) - 2025-07-31: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #66 (Yeas 38 to Nays 2) (Senate) - 2025-07-31: S2561, reprinted as amended (Senate) ## Bill text - Passed to be engrossed, 2026-04-08: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2581.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 - [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2581.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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 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) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [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-S2581-194 (as of 2026-11-01).