# Massachusetts S 922: An Act relative to the Bean New Deal

Massachusetts S 922, An Act relative to the Bean New Deal, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-01-07 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 922
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the Bean New Deal
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-01-07, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Higher Education, Public Health, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (5 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: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dylan A. Fernandes (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-01-07: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-09-10: Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:35 PM in B-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2025-08-29: Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in B-2 (legislature)
- 2025-06-16: House concurred (House)
- 2025-06-12: Discharged to the committee on Public Health (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Hearing scheduled for 05/05/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Higher Education (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S922.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 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S922.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S922-194 (as of 2026-11-01).