# Massachusetts S 400: An Act to ensure adequate and equitable funding for public education

Massachusetts S 400, An Act to ensure adequate and equitable funding for public education, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Jason M. Lewis (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-10-20 (Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 400
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to ensure adequate and equitable funding for public education
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-10-20, Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Subjects: Education, Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (6 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jason M. Lewis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Barry R. Finegold (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Christopher M. Markey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David K. Muradian Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Leigh Davis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steven S. Howitt (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-17 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-10-20: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-09-22: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (Senate)
- 2025-09-22: Accompanied by S328, S337, S345, S348, S354, S369, S385, S388, S394, S407 S416, S440 and S460 (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Education (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S400.pdf)

## Related bills

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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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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 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/S400.pdf)

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