Bills & Legislation

An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

An Act expanding access to commuter transit benefits offered by employers

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for John C. Murphy

Kathleen R. LaNatraDemocrat

An Act expanding licensure opportunity for school counselors

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

An Act to end housing discrimination in the Commonwealth

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

An Act authorizing the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield

Natalie M. BlaisDemocrat

An Act amending the charter of the town of Hudson

Kate HoganDemocrat

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth

Michelle L. BadgerDemocrat

An Act relative to fishing licenses for seniors

Adam J. ScanlonDemocrat

An Act making August 10th Agent Orange Awareness Day in Massachusetts

James K. HawkinsDemocrat

An Act establishing an Orange Star license plate for veterans exposed to Agent Orange

James K. HawkinsDemocrat

Study Order

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Study Order

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

An Act establishing a review process of guidelines for managing recreational use of beaches to protect piping plovers, terns, and their habitats in Massachusetts

Kenneth P. SweezeyRepublican

An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches

Kenneth P. SweezeyRepublican

An Act promoting recreation on Massachusetts beaches

Kenneth P. SweezeyRepublican

Study Order

Joint Committee on Financial Services

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Irene O'Rourke, an employee of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Joint Committee on Public Service

An Act relative to culturally competent and effective health care

Joint Committee on Public Health

Order relative to authorizing the Joint Committee on Higher Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to higher education matters

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act relative to social work uplifting practices and exam removal (“The SUPER Act”)

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act relative to college in high school

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act relative to tuition waivers for children raised by a grandparent

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act to provide reduced or free fare on public transportation for students at public institutions of higher education

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act to provide green and healthy public colleges and universities

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act to protect assisted living residents from unfair and deceptive billing practices

Mark C. MontignyDemocrat

Order relative to extending until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 the time within which the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy is authorized to report on current House documents

Mark J. CusackDemocrat

An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts’ competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy

Maura T. Healey

Order relative to extending until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 the time within which the committee on the Judiciary is authorized to report on current House documents

Michael S. DayDemocrat

An Act eliminating the preliminary election in the city of Revere in 2025

Jessica Ann GianninoDemocrat

An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals

Michael J. FinnDemocrat

An Act further regarding the term of the town moderator in the town of Norwood

John H. RogersDemocrat

An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Angela C. Depina

Russell E. HolmesDemocrat

relative to county land disposition

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Order relative to extending until Wednesday, March 18, 2026 the time within which the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure is authorized to report on a current House document

Tackey ChanDemocrat

An Act relative to kratom sales in the Commonwealth

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

An Act increasing penalties for hit and runs with recreational vehicles in the Commonwealth to be known as the James Ward Act

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

An Act relative to archaic laws

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

An Act relative to civil asset forfeiture

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Order relative to extending until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 the time within which the committee on Labor and Workforce Development is authorized to report on current House documents

Paul McMurtryDemocrat

An Act relative to improved special needs transportation and student safety, "John's Law"

Joint Committee on Education

An Act relative to student and educator data privacy

Joint Committee on Education

An Act banning legacy and donor preferences in higher education

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act relative to college in high school

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act establishing the hunger free campus initiative

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act to facilitate student financial assistance

Joint Committee on Higher Education

An Act enhancing child welfare protections

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities