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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder"
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description: "Senate, July 24, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder (Senate, No. 2565) (being the text of Senate No. 2558, printed as amended)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "S 2565"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2565 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-07-24"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3403fac6-fb82-405f-bd40-008c47f1a503"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2565"
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source_hash: "6d437d9a9f88eff8f0944fa46a9781ebdd212ae2a11b6836114e78579b0e55b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts S 2565 (194th) — An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder
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Senate, July 24, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder (Senate, No. 2565) (being the text of Senate No. 2558, printed as amended)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2565.pdf)
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## Votes
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- S. 2565 On passing to be engrossed as amended — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
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- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
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- John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
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- Manny Cruz — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus S. Vaughn — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
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- Pavel M. Payano — cosponsor (person)
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- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
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- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
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- Sally P. Kerans — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-07-24** Text of S2558, printed as amended
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- **2025-07-24** Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #65 (Yeas 39 to Yeas 0) `passage`
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- **2025-07-28** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-20** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5438, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-20** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
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- **2026-05-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-05-20** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-20** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2026-05-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-05-20** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-20** Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 197 ) `passage`
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- **2026-06-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-06-11** Senate concurred in the House amendment
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- **2026-06-15** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-06-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-06-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 112 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3403fac6-fb82-405f-bd40-008c47f1a503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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