# Massachusetts S 3164: An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds

Massachusetts S 3164, An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-09 (Reprinted, as amended, see S3175) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3164
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-07-02
- Last action: 2026-07-09, Reprinted, as amended, see S3175
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 1
- 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: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (26)

- 2026-07-09: Reprinted, as amended, see S3175 (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Read third (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Substituted, as amended, for S30 (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #11 (Rodrigues) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #31 (Velis) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #16 (Tarr) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #4 (Edwards) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #3 (Edwards) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #29 (Brownsberger) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #27 (Brownsberger) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #25 (Kennedy) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #24 (Kennedy) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #21 (Finegold) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #19 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #18 (Fernandes) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #9 (Friedman) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #8 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #7 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #6 (Keenan) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #5 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Amendment #2 (Payano) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-02: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 9, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-07-02: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-02: Recommended new draft for S30 (Senate)
- 2026-07-02: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3164.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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/S3164.pdf)

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