---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act concerning genocide education"
description: "Senate, October 14, 2021 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill concerning genocide education (Senate, No. 2525),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2557)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "S 2557"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2557 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-10-14"
last_action: "2021-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df6693b-7b5f-48fe-a834-746c3be5046f"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2557"
source_hash: "994cbd460db5eff5c1d2d11b6dd472aecb13a95f38e8481c13d7ef399594cca3"
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 2557 (192nd) — An Act concerning genocide education

Senate, October 14, 2021 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill concerning genocide education (Senate, No. 2525),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2557).

## 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/192/S2557.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Adam G. Hinds — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Gomez — cosponsor (person)
- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Silvia — cosponsor (person)
- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
- Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
- Christina A. Minicucci — cosponsor (person)
- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Hendricks — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Stone Creem — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David K. Muradian, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donald H. Wong — cosponsor (person)
- Edward F. Coppinger — cosponsor (person)
- Edward J. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
- Eric P. Lesser — cosponsor (person)
- Gerard J. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Harriette L. Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- James M. Kelcourse — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
- John H. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
- Joint Committee on Education — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Santiago — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Boncore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. McKenna — cosponsor (person)
- Josh S. Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Julian Cyr — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Cusack — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
- Meghan Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Kushmerek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael S. Day — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Nika C. Elugardo — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Haddad — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul A. Schmid, III — cosponsor (person)
- Paul F. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Rady Mom — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan C. Fattman — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
- Sally P. Kerans — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
- Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas P. Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-14** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2021-10-14** Recommended new draft for S2525
- **2021-10-21** Substituted for S2525
- **2021-10-21** Ordered to a third reading
- **2021-10-21** Read third `reading-3`
- **2021-10-21** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #97 (Yeas 39 – Nays 0) `passage`
- **2021-10-21** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4249) pending
- **2021-11-15** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-15** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) `reading-2`
- **2021-11-15** Ordered to a third reading
- **2021-11-16** Read third `reading-3`
- **2021-11-16** Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 116 ) `passage`
- **2021-11-17** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-17** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2021-11-24** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2021-11-24** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2021-11-24** Enacted `passage`
- **2021-11-24** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2021-12-02** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df6693b-7b5f-48fe-a834-746c3be5046f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).