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| Bill | An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities | Senate, July 24, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities (Senate, No. 2563) (being the text of Senate, No. 137, printed as amended) | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 194th | S 2563 | Massachusetts S 2563 (194th) |
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enacted | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2025-07-24 | 2026-06-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/90267909-0cbb-4c7c-b7fb-d96942583921 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2563 | f532ffb8ea2a87da18160124f56335b06c0d598bda5fd6cca560e5586cef3243 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Massachusetts S 2563 (194th) — An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities
Senate, July 24, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities (Senate, No. 2563) (being the text of Senate, No. 137, printed as amended)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- S. 2563 On passing to be engrossed as amended — 154–0 (pass) · lower
- S. 2563 On adoption of a still further amendment — 150–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
- Manny Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-07-24 S137 printed as amended
- 2025-07-24 Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #61 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
passage - 2025-07-28 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
referral-committee - 2025-09-15 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- 2025-09-15 Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
- 2025-10-27 Read second
reading-2 - 2025-10-27 Referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
referral-committee - 2025-11-05 Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4704, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2025-11-05 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
- 2025-11-05 Rules suspended
- 2025-11-05 Amendment adopted (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
amendment-passage - 2025-11-05 Ordered to a third reading
- 2025-11-05 Rules suspended
- 2025-11-05 Read third
reading-3 - 2025-11-05 Passed to be engrossed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 105 )
passage - 2026-02-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-05 Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2954
- 2026-02-09 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
referral-committee - 2026-06-04 Rules suspended
- 2026-06-04 House concurred in the Senate further amendment with a still further amendment, see H5474 - 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 204 )
- 2026-06-04 Rules suspended
- 2026-06-04 Senate concurred in the still further House amendment
- 2026-06-04 Emergency preamble adopted
- 2026-06-04 Emergency preamble adopted
- 2026-06-04 Enacted
passage - 2026-06-04 Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage - 2026-06-12 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90267909-0cbb-4c7c-b7fb-d96942583921. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).