Massachusetts bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

19,127 bills

• S 3138 Passed Senate
  An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to utilize alternative methods for notice of public hearings
  Sep 28, 2026: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
• SD 4259 Introduced
  Essex County District Attorney OUI Deterrent Trust Fund FY26 Annual Report (Melanie’s Law)
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6323 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see item 8200-0222 of Section 2 of Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024) submitting the Municipal Police Training Fund report on the status of recruit training for fiscal years 2025 and 2026
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6335 Introduced
  A monthly report of the Executive Office of the Trial Court (under Section 15(c) of Chapter 239 of the General Laws) submitting its report on filings, actions, and dispositions of summary process cases relative to permanent rental protections
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• H 5681 In committee
  An Act relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority red line extension
  Sep 28, 2026: Senate concurred
• HD 6338 In committee
  An Act establishing long term water supply sustainability for the city known as the town of Bridgewater
  Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the committee on House Rules
• S 3276 Introduced
  Amendment S.3276
  Sep 28, 2026: See H3790
• SD 4257 Introduced
  Essex County District Attorney -- 2026 Forfeiture Report
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6340 In committee
  An Act designating Three Miles bridge in the town of Ware as the Gilbert St. George-Sorel Memorial bridge
  Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the committee on House Rules
• SD 4258 Introduced
  Norfolk District Attorney OUI Deterrent Trust Fund FY26 Annual Report (Melanie’s Law)
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6318 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see item 8000-0105 of Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025) submitting the Chief Medical Examiner’s annual report for fiscal year 2025
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6320 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (see item 4000-0321 contained in Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025) submitting the annual and quarterly Contingency Contract Report for fiscal year 2025
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6327 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see item 8900-0010 of Section 2 of Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024) submitting its report on Correctional Industries Program Participation and Recidivism on Incarcerated Individuals Released in 2019
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6330 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see Section 225 of Chapter 268 of the Acts of 2022) submitting the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) Scholarship Criteria report for fiscal year 2023
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6324 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see item 8900-0001 of Section 2 of Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024) submitting the second quarter data report for calendar year 2025
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• SD 4256 Introduced
  Job Order Contracting FY26 Annual Report
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5974 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see Section 5 of Chapter 276B of the General Laws) submitting the annual report of the Restorative Justice Advisory Committee for fiscal year 2025
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6317 Introduced
  A communication from the Commission for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (see item 1107-2501 of Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025) submitting its fiscal year 2026 third quarterly report for the period of January-March, 2026
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6325 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see item 8900-0001 of Section 2 of Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024) submitting the third quarter data report for calendar year 2025
  Sep 28, 2026: Placed on file
• S 3051 Passed Senate
  An Act relative to a certain retirement benefit to be paid to the surviving spouse of fallen officer, Stephen LaPorta, of the police department of the town of Uxbridge
  Sep 28, 2026: Read second and ordered to a third reading
• H 5606 In committee
  An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Somerville
  Sep 28, 2026: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
• SD 2615 In committee
  An Act eliminating discrimination against municipalities who are unable to meet certain zoning requirements
  Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
• H 5515 Passed House
  An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town of Shrewsbury
  Sep 24, 2026: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• HD 5969 Introduced
  A communication from the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office (see Section 47(d) of Chapter 94C of the General Laws) submitting a report on its fiscal year 2026 expenditures for drug rehabilitation, drug education and other anti-drug or neighborhood crime watch programs
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• SD 4253 Introduced
  Department of Revenue July 2026 Monthly Report
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5967 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see Section 2B(f) of Chapter 64C of the General Laws) submitting the annual report of the State Fire Marshall regarding the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Fire Standard Compliant Cigarette Law for calendar year 2025
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• SD 4255 Introduced
  Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency 26 Annual Report
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6333 Introduced
  A report of the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office (under Section 24W(e) of Chapter 90 of the General Laws) submitting a report on its fiscal year 2026 Operating Under the Influence Deterrent Trust Fund (Melanie’s Law)
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• H 5679 In committee
  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects
  Sep 24, 2026: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
• HD 6332 Introduced
  A report of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (under Section 2(B)(q) of Chapter 18 and Section 16 of Chapter 118 of the General Laws) submitting the Department of Transitional Assistance report on Economic Independence Accounts for fiscal year 2026 [copies were forwarded to the committee on Ways and Means, and the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, as required by said law]
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• H 4862 Became law
  An Act authorizing the town of Monterey to continue the employment of police officer Jennifer O. Brown
  Sep 24, 2026: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2026
• HD 5958 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (see Section 217(c) of Chapter 6 of the General Laws) submitting its annual report of the Massachusetts Autism Commission for fiscal year 2025
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5973 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see Section 131Q of Chapter 140 of the General Laws) submitting the Crime Gun annual report of the Department of the Massachusetts State Police for calendar year 2025
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5965 Introduced
  A communication from the Office of the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds (see Section 2KKK of Chapter 29 of the General Laws) submitting the County Registers Technology Fund fifty-eighth planned expenditure [copies of the communication were forwarded to the committees on Ways and Means and Post Audit and Oversight, as required by said law]
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5968 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (see Section 92(p) of Chapter 71 of the General Laws) submitting a report on the Implementation and Fiscal Impact of Innovation Schools for fiscal years 2023 and 2024
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5961 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see Section 6A of Chapter 124 of the General Laws) submitting its inventory and operational capacity report for January 1 to June 30, 2024
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5966 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (see Section 2WWWW of Chapter 29 of the General Laws) submitting the MassHealth Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund report for October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• SD 4225 In committee
  An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Margaret Connolly-Masson, an employee of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the committee on Public Service
• HD 5964 Introduced
  A communication from the Fall River District Registry of Deeds (see Section 2KKK of Chapter 29 of the General Laws) submitting its plan for expenditure for technological improvements from the County Registers Technological Fund [copies of the communication were forwarded to the committees on Ways and Means and Post Audit and Oversight, as required by said law]
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6313 In committee
  An Act relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority red line extension
  Sep 24, 2026: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation
• SD 4254 Introduced
  Charles River Task Force on Equitable River Access Report of Recommendations
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 6316 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office for Administration and Finance and the Executive Office for Housing and Livable Communities (see Section 10 of Chapter 1 and Section 88 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2025 and Section 19 of Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2024) submitting the August 20, 2026 biweekly report on the emergency housing assistance program
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5972 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see Section 6A of Chapter 124 of the General Laws) submitting its inventory and operational capacity report for July 1 to December 31, 2023
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• H 4174 Passed Senate
  An Act relative to the Ayer Library
  Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
• HD 6315 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office for Administration and Finance and the Executive Office for Housing and Livable Communities (see Section 10 of Chapter 1 and Section 88 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2025 and Section 19 of Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2024) submitting the September 3, 2026 biweekly report on the emergency housing assistance program
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5962 Introduced
  A communication from the Department of Correction (see Section 6A of Chapter 124 of the General Laws) submitting its inventory and operational capacity report for July 1 to December 31, 2024
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5970 Introduced
  A communication from the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office (see Section 47(d) of Chapter 94C of the General Laws) submitting a report on its fiscal year 2026 expenditures for drug rehabilitation, drug education and other anti-drug or neighborhood crime watch programs
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5960 Introduced
  A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see Section 18H(b) of Chapter 6A of the General Laws) submitting the State 911 Annual Report for calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025 and the fiscal year 2025 Grant Expenditure Report
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• HD 5971 Introduced
  A communication from the Office of the Veteran Advocate (see Section 4 of Chapter 115B of the General Laws) submitting its annual report for fiscal year 2026
  Sep 24, 2026: Placed on file
• SD 2669 In committee
  An Act enabling local options for tenant protections
  Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the committee on Housing