# Massachusetts S 2653: An Act updating the Move Over Law

Massachusetts S 2653, An Act updating the Move Over Law, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-07-31 (Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2653
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act updating the Move Over Law
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-16
- Last action: 2026-07-31, Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258)
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (186 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

- Cosponsor: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 157 | 0 |   |
| 2026-07-30 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: S.2653 “An Act relative to the move over law” as amended | pass | 29 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-07-31: Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258) (House)
- 2026-07-31: Read third (House)
- 2026-07-31: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-07-31: Ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-07-31: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House)
- 2026-07-31: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-07-31: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-07-30: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5622, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-10-20: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-10-16: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #74 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2025-10-16: Text of S2642, reprinted as amended (Senate)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-07-31: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2653.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2653.pdf)

## Related
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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [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-S2653-194 (as of 2026-11-01).