---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns"
description: "An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "S 2646"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2646 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Animal Welfare and Safety"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2018-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3b5a5aa-439d-419b-839b-b15daaa7cfc1"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2646"
source_hash: "ed05851199c3a468e4f0d68f6926900f74f6e5cd2d0b94c5e8d07f279a42300b"
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 2646 (190th) — An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns

## 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/S2646.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Animal Welfare and Safety — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Reported from the committee of conference
- **2018-07-31** Reported on S2347
- **2018-07-31** Accompanied by S2347
- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-31** Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #570 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-31** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 517)
- **2018-08-02** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-08-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 219 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/e3b5a5aa-439d-419b-839b-b15daaa7cfc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).