---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the charter of Wheaton College"
description: "Senate, December 6, 2021 -- The committee on Rules, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to amend the charter of Wheaton College (Senate, No. 2547),-- reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act amending the charter of Wheaton College” (Senate, No. 2592)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "S 2592"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2592 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Rules"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-06"
last_action: "2022-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677c0cd2-3876-4b0c-b9dc-1a65db4348d4"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2592"
source_hash: "2cf9ee7ee80d99f51fa03441dbb1541b7cd86183fc36bc6cce4608d812a59f26"
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 2592 (192nd) — An Act amending the charter of Wheaton College

Senate, December 6, 2021 -- The committee on Rules, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to amend the charter of Wheaton College (Senate, No. 2547),-- reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act amending the charter of Wheaton College” (Senate, No. 2592).

## 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/S2592.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Rules — primary (person)
- F. Jay Barrows — cosponsor (person)
- Joint Committee on Higher Education — cosponsor (person)
- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-06** Reported from the committee on Senate Rules
- **2021-12-06** Recommended new draft for S2547
- **2021-12-06** Substituted as a new draft for S2547
- **2021-12-06** Ordered to a third reading
- **2021-12-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-12-06** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-30** Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- **2021-12-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2021-12-30** Rules suspended
- **2021-12-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-01-21** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677c0cd2-3876-4b0c-b9dc-1a65db4348d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).