# Massachusetts S 2798: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public safety matters.

Massachusetts S 2798, Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public safety matters., is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security; status in committee, last action 2025-12-11 (Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2798
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public safety matters.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Last action: 2025-12-11, Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Safety and Homeland Security, Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, Senate Rules
- 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 Public Safety and Homeland Security

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-03 | committee | Committee Study: Study | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (4)

- 2025-12-11: Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: Order reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: Accompanied by S1639, S1640, S1642, S1644, S1651, S1652, S1653, S1660, S1666, S1670, S1671, S1672, S1673, S1674, S1675, S1676, S1677, S1678, S1679, S1683, S1684, S1685, S1686, S1687, S1689, S1690, S1691, S1692, S1693, S1694, S1695, S1696, S1699, S1702, S1705, S1714, S1715, S1717, S1723, S1724, S1726, S1728, S1731, S1732, S1733, S1740, S1752, S1754, S1756, S1758, S1763, S1767 and S1771 (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: Reported from the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2798.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/S2798.pdf)

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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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2798-194 (as of 2026-11-01).