# Massachusetts S 3028: An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safety Massachusetts S 3028, An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safety, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-07-29 (Committee of conference appointed - (O'Day-Lewis-Howitt), in concurrence); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3028-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts S 3028 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safety - Status: passed house - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-03-19 - Last action: 2026-07-29, Committee of conference appointed - (O'Day-Lewis-Howitt), in concurrence - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 30 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (334 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Adam Gómez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Adam J. Scanlon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bruce J. Ayers (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David F. DeCoste (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dylan A. Fernandes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John C. Velis (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John J. Cronin (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia D. Jehlen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul K. Frost (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ryan C. Fattman (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steven S. Howitt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-15 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 151 | 1 | | | 2026-07-15 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 151 | 1 | | | 2026-07-14 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: S.3028 “An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safety” as amended | pass | 32 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-07-29: Committee of conference appointed - (O'Day-Lewis-Howitt), in concurrence (House) - 2026-07-29: House insisted on its amendment (House) - 2026-07-27: Committee of conference appointed (Feeney-Lewis-Tarr) (Senate) - 2026-07-27: Senate NON-concurred in the House amendment (Senate) - 2026-07-27: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-07-15: Passed to be engrossed - 151 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 233) (House) - 2026-07-15: Text of H5581 amended, published as H5589 (House) - 2026-07-15: Amendment 23 adopted, as changed (House) - 2026-07-15: Amendment 22 adopted, as changed (House) - 2026-07-15: Amendment 18 adopted, as changed (House) - 2026-07-15: Amendment 21 rejected (House) - 2026-07-15: Amendment 13 rejected (House) - 2026-07-15: Read third (House) - 2026-07-15: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-07-15: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-07-15: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House) - 2026-07-15: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-07-15: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending (House) - 2026-07-15: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5581, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-03-23: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) - 2026-03-19: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #142 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-03-19: S3014, reprinted as amended (Senate) ## Bill text - Passed to be engrossed, 2026-07-15: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3028.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/S3028.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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3028-194 (as of 2026-11-01).