# Massachusetts S 2885: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to economic development and emerging technologies matters.

Massachusetts S 2885, Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to economic development and emerging technologies matters., is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies; status in committee, last action 2025-12-24 (Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2885
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to economic development and emerging technologies matters.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Last action: 2025-12-24, Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, Senate Rules
- 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: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

## Actions (4)

- 2025-12-24: Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-18: Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)
- 2025-12-18: Accompanied by S294, S295, S296, S297, S298, S301, S303, S304 and S306 (Senate)
- 2025-12-18: Reported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (under JR10) (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2885.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/S2885.pdf)

## Related
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [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-S2885-194 (as of 2026-11-01).