---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to expand take-out/delivery options in response to COVID-19"
description: "Senate, July 10, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to expand take-out/delivery options in response to COVID-19 (Senate, No. 2740),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2812)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "S 2812"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2812 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-07-10"
last_action: "2020-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3a0b905-3462-4e33-810d-36b723bb8b55"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2812"
source_hash: "d907e8b078bddb996db80e6f3a3ac1e3c3b917c248b6870560ab85e5a3ad6e1b"
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 2812 (191st) — An Act to expand take-out/delivery options in response to COVID-19

Senate, July 10, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to expand take-out/delivery options in response to COVID-19 (Senate, No. 2740),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2812).

## 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/191/S2812.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Adam G. Hinds — cosponsor (person)
- Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Boncore — cosponsor (person)
- Lenny Mirra — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Dean Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Nika C. Elugardo — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan C. Fattman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-10** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2020-07-10** Recommended new draft for S2740
- **2020-07-10** Substituted as a new draft for S2740
- **2020-07-10** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-07-10** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-13** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 4856 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-16** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading, with the amendment pending
- **2020-07-16** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-16** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-07-16** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-16** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-16** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2020-07-16** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-16** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-16** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-07-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-07-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3a0b905-3462-4e33-810d-36b723bb8b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).