---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act negating archaic statutes targeting young women"
description: "The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill negating archaic statutes targeting young women (Senate, No. 784),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2260)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "S 2260"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2260 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21609058-820e-4533-bc1b-f7f944d00e01"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2260"
source_hash: "567f1c97c0e142b37fde1eacd6b84350bfdcc13188b7cc4b7b9aa7b90bb7eb85"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts S 2260 (190th) — An Act negating archaic statutes targeting young women

The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill negating archaic statutes targeting young women (Senate, No. 784),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2260).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2260.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2018-01-18** Recommended new draft for S784
- **2018-01-25** Amendment #2 (Creem) adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Substituted as amended for S784
- **2018-01-25** Ordered to a third reading
- **2018-01-25** Read third `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #321 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Read; and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Reporting date extended to Wednesday April 25, 2018, pending concurrence
- **2018-03-01** House concurred
- **2018-04-24** Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 16, 2018, pending concurrence
- **2018-04-26** Senate concurred
- **2018-05-30** Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-17** Order adopted, see H4766
- **2018-07-17** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment (H4770) and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-17** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment (H4770) pending
- **2018-07-17** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-17** Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4770) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-18** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-18** Read third `reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** Passed to be engrossed - 138 YEAS to 9 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 409) `passage`
- **2018-07-18** Motion to reconsider negatived
- **2018-07-18** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-18** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2018-07-19** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-19** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-19** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-07-19** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-07-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 155 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21609058-820e-4533-bc1b-f7f944d00e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).