An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth
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194th General Court
Where it is
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Text of S2538, reprinted as amended · Jun 26, 2025
Senate
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) · Jun 26, 2025
Senate
Rules suspended · Jul 3, 2025
House
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means · Jul 3, 2025
House
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 Schedulin · Jul 16, 2025
House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending · Jul 16, 2025
House
Rules suspended · Jul 16, 2025
House
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) · Jul 16, 2025
House
Ordered to a third reading · Jul 16, 2025
House
Rules suspended · Jul 16, 2025
House
Read third · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amendment 4 rejected · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amendment 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63) · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amendment 6 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 29 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64) · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amendment 7 adopted, as changed · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amendment 9 adopted, as changed · Jul 16, 2025
House
Amended by substitution of a new text, see H4294 · Jul 16, 2025
House
Passed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65) · Jul 16, 2025
House
Rules suspended · Jul 31, 2025
Senate
Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572 · Jul 31, 2025
Senate
Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading · Jul 31, 2025
House
House concurred in the Senate amendment - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 70) · Jul 31, 2025
House
Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72) · Jul 31, 2025
House
Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) · Jul 31, 2025
Senate
Laid before the Governor · Jul 31, 2025
Senate
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025 · Aug 7, 2025
Executive
The numbers
12
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Cindy F. FriedmanAndrea Joy CampbellJoanne M. ComerfordJulian CyrJacob R. OliveiraRebecca L. RauschCarmine Lawrence GentileErika UyterhoevenDavid M. RogersPavel M. PayanoJohn Francis MoranJason M. Lewis
Recorded votes
On enactmentHouse · 2025-07-31 · YEAS 132, NAYS 24, N/V 4
On concurrenceHouse · 2025-07-31 · YEAS 132, NAYS 24, N/V 4
On passing to be engrossedHouse · 2025-07-16 · YEAS 136, NAYS 23, N/V 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Massachusetts legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025 (Aug 7, 2025).