---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to preserve the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey"
description: "SENATE, September 5, 2019 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to preserve the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey (Senate, No. 2287),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2328)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "S 2328"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2328 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-09-05"
last_action: "2020-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/719f4bd0-819a-4458-8800-ab2f1b663653"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2328"
source_hash: "ba9929f1001441725b94a92bb2cebfb97e77358eda6f9590a8b2fefd47c72fb4"
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 2328 (191st) — An Act to preserve the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey

SENATE, September 5, 2019 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to preserve the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey (Senate, No. 2287),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2328).

## 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/S2328.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-05** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2019-09-05** Recommended new draft for S2287
- **2019-09-05** Substituted for S2287
- **2019-09-05** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-09-05** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2019-09-09** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4804) pending
- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended
- **2020-06-22** Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4804) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended
- **2020-06-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended
- **2020-06-25** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2020-06-29** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-07-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 116 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/719f4bd0-819a-4458-8800-ab2f1b663653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).