# Massachusetts S 2946: An Act relative to modernizing the pathway to becoming a certified public accountant

Massachusetts S 2946, An Act relative to modernizing the pathway to becoming a certified public accountant, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-02-17 (Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2946
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to modernizing the pathway to becoming a certified public accountant
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-05
- Last action: 2026-02-17, Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means, House Ways and Means
- 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: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsor: John J. Cronin (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House

## Actions (9)

- 2026-02-17: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-02-12: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #133 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Read third (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Substituted as a new draft for S209 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Order relative to subject matter adopted. (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Recommended new draft for S209 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-02-12: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2946.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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2946.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)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2946-194 (as of 2026-11-01).