---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the creation of the Commonwealth Technical Rescue Regions and Coordinating Council"
description: "SENATE, July 18, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to the creation of the Commonwealth Technical Rescue Regions and Coordinating Council (Senate, No. 1380),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2614)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "S 2614"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2614 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-07-18"
last_action: "2018-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae95af6-59f0-4001-9563-349e2bacc54a"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2614"
source_hash: "cdefa79ed742b510343add7681d66acb378f0ff4e46ec086743e110ff9d8a504"
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 2614 (190th) — An Act relative to the creation of the Commonwealth Technical Rescue Regions and Coordinating Council

SENATE, July 18, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to the creation of the Commonwealth Technical Rescue Regions and Coordinating Council (Senate, No. 1380),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2614).

## 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/S2614.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-18** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2018-07-18** Recommended new draft for S1380
- **2018-07-18** Substituted as a new draft for S1380
- **2018-07-18** Ordered to a third reading
- **2018-07-18** Read third `reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #452 (Yeas 36 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2018-07-19** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-30** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4843) pending
- **2018-07-30** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-30** Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4843) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-30** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-31** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2018-07-31** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-07-31** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 217 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/cae95af6-59f0-4001-9563-349e2bacc54a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).