# Massachusetts S 939: An Act establishing the hunger-free campus initiative

Massachusetts S 939, An Act establishing the hunger-free campus initiative, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joan B. Lovely (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-06-23 (Accompanied a new draft, see S2535) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 939
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing the hunger-free campus initiative
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-06-23, Accompanied a new draft, see S2535
- Sponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Subjects: Higher Education
- 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: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Adam Gómez (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark C. Montigny (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sal N. DiDomenico (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House

## Actions (4)

- 2025-06-23: Accompanied a new draft, see S2535 (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/S939.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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/S939.pdf)

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- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S939-194 (as of 2026-11-01).