Massachusetts bills · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)
Massachusetts S 2543
An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
No sponsor recorded.
Cosponsors (12)
- Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic)
- Andrea Joy Campbell
- Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic)
- Julian Cyr (Democratic)
- Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic)
- Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic)
- Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic)
- David M. Rogers (Democratic)
- Pavel M. Payano (Democratic)
- John Francis Moran (Democratic)
- Jason M. Lewis (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Massachusetts legislature· summary
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).
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 House | S. 2543 On concurrence | pass | Set your home in Massachusetts to see |
| Jul 31, 2025 House | S. 2543 On enactment | pass | Set your home in Massachusetts to see |
| Jul 16, 2025 House | S. 2543 On passing to be engrossed | pass | Set your home in Massachusetts to see |
Actions
- Aug 7, 2025
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025 - Jul 31, 2025 · Senate
Laid before the Governor - Jul 31, 2025 · Senate
Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) - Jul 31, 2025 · House
Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72 ) - 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
Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading - Jul 31, 2025 · Senate
Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572 - Jul 31, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Passed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65 ) - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Amended by substitution of a new text, see H4294 - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Amendment 9 adopted, as changed - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Amendment 7 adopted, as changed - 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 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63 ) - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Amendment 4 rejected - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Read third - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Rules suspended - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Ordered to a third reading - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) - Jul 16, 2025 · House
Rules suspended - 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
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 - Jul 3, 2025 · House
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means - Jul 3, 2025 · House
Rules suspended - Jun 26, 2025 · Senate
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3) - Jun 26, 2025 · Senate
Text of S2538, reprinted as amended