# Massachusetts S 2659: An Act enhancing child welfare protections

Massachusetts S 2659, An Act enhancing child welfare protections, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities; status in committee, last action 2026-06-04 (Accompanied H4646); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2659
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act enhancing child welfare protections
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-03
- Last action: 2026-06-04, Accompanied H4646
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (6 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: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
- Cosponsor: Adam Gómez (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly W. Pease (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lydia Edwards (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael S. Chaisson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ryan C. Fattman (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-20 | committee | Committee Redraft: Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft, accompanied by S107, S125, S127, S129, S133, S159, S2585 | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-06-04: Accompanied H4646 (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-11-03: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2659.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
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2659.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2659-194 (as of 2026-11-01).