# Massachusetts S 3116: An Act relative to primary care for you

Massachusetts S 3116, An Act relative to primary care for you, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-06-18 (Reprinted, as amended, see S3141) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3116
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to primary care for you
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-06-11
- Last action: 2026-06-18, Reprinted, as amended, see S3141
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 14
- Subjects: Senate 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: Adam J. Scanlon (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (41)

- 2026-06-18: Reprinted, as amended, see S3141 (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Read third (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Substituted, as amended, for S867 (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #21 (Rodrigues) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #62 (Moore) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #72 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #71 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #68 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #64 (Cronin) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #24 (Cronin) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #66 (Cyr) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #50 (Payano) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #60 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #196 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33) (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #39 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #194 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33) (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #37 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #193 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33) (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #70 (Feeney) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #69 (Cyr) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #65 (Oliveira) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #58 (Comerford) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #54 (Howard) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #52 (Crighton) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #49 (Payano) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #47 (Cyr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #38 (Miranda) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #36 (Cyr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #26 (Mark) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #25 (Mark) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #23 (Howard) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #22 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #20 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #19 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #18 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #13 (Rush) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #11 (Fattman) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #10 (Fattman) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Amendment #7 (Cyr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 18, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Recommended new draft for S867 (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3116.pdf)

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- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3116.pdf)

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