# Massachusetts S 2608: An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act

Massachusetts S 2608, An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2025-09-25 (Reprinted, as amended, see S2619) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2608
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Last action: 2025-09-25, Reprinted, as amended, see S2619
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patricia D. Jehlen (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (38)

- 2025-09-25: Reprinted, as amended, see S2619 (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Read third (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Substituted as a new draft for S2516 (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #50 (Rodrigues) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #49 (Tarr) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #37 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #35 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #34 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #20 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #16 (Tarr) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #36 (Fernandes) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #12 (Mark) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #24 (Friedman) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #14 (Lewis) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #4 (Creem) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #52 (Rausch) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #42 (Rausch) adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #58 (Driscoll) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #57 (Cronin) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #51 (Cronin) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #48 (Driscoll) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #47 (Driscoll) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #46 (Driscoll) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #44 (Montigny) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #18 (Payano) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #31 (Cronin) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #27 (Cronin) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #26 (Cronin) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #21 (Rush) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #17 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #6 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #3 (Eldridge) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Amendment #2 (Finegold) rejected (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, September 25, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Recommended new draft for S2516 (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2608.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2608.pdf)

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