# Massachusetts S 2706: An Act expanding licensure opportunity for school counselors.

Massachusetts S 2706, An Act expanding licensure opportunity for school counselors., is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; status in committee, last action 2025-11-19 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2706
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act expanding licensure opportunity for school counselors.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Last action: 2025-11-19, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 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 Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- Cosponsor: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John J. Cronin (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sal N. DiDomenico (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-05 | committee | Committee Redraft: Redraft | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (3)

- 2025-11-19: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-11-19: New draft of S283 (Senate)
- 2025-11-19: Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2706.pdf)

## Related bills

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- 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/S2706.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2706-194 (as of 2026-11-01).