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Bill An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth Senate, June 26, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth (Senate, No. 2543) (being the text of Senate, No. 2538, printed as amended). us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th S 2543 Massachusetts S 2543 (194th)
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Massachusetts S 2543 (194th) — An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Senate, June 26, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth (Senate, No. 2543) (being the text of Senate, No. 2538, printed as amended).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • S. 2543 On passing to be engrossed — 13623 (pass) · lower
  • S. 2543 On enactment — 13224 (pass) · lower
  • S. 2543 On concurrence — 13224 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Andrea Joy Campbell — cosponsor (person)
  • Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
  • Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
  • David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Erika Uyterhoeven — cosponsor (person)
  • Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
  • Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
  • Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
  • John Francis Moran — cosponsor (person)
  • Julian Cyr — cosponsor (person)
  • Pavel M. Payano — cosponsor (person)
  • Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-26 Text of S2538, printed as amended
  • 2025-06-26 Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) passage
  • 2025-07-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-07-03 Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4271, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
  • 2025-07-16 Rules suspended
  • 2025-07-16 Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) reading-2
  • 2025-07-16 Ordered to a third reading
  • 2025-07-16 Rules suspended
  • 2025-07-16 Read third reading-3
  • 2025-07-16 Amendment 4 rejected amendment-failure
  • 2025-07-16 Amendment 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63 ) amendment-failure
  • 2025-07-16 Amendment 6 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 29 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64 ) amendment-passage
  • 2025-07-16 Amendment 7 adopted, as changed amendment-passage
  • 2025-07-16 Amendment 9 adopted, as changed amendment-passage
  • 2025-07-16 Amended by substitution of a new text, see H4294 amendment-passage
  • 2025-07-16 Passed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65 ) passage
  • 2025-07-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-07-31 Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572
  • 2025-07-31 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2025-07-31 House concurred in the Senate amendment - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 70 )
  • 2025-07-31 Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72 ) passage
  • 2025-07-31 Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) passage
  • 2025-07-31 Laid before the Governor
  • 2025-08-07 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f202dcef-fd72-43dc-b860-f9a52e947b0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).