# Massachusetts S 3256: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Labor and Workforce Development, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to labor and workforce development matters.

Massachusetts S 3256, Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Labor and Workforce Development, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to labor and workforce development matters., is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development; status in committee, last action 2026-08-17 (Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3256
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Labor and Workforce Development, to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to labor and workforce development matters.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-08-13
- Last action: 2026-08-17, Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
- 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 Labor and Workforce Development

## Actions (4)

- 2026-08-17: Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2026-08-13: Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)
- 2026-08-13: Accompanied by S1307, S1311, S1339, S1343, S1349, S1359 and S1376 (Senate)
- 2026-08-13: Reported from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development (under JR10) (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3256.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/S3256.pdf)

## Related
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- [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 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3256-194 (as of 2026-11-01).