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An Act relative to benefits for teachers

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means  ·  105 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4361  ·  Bill

23 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-30HouseReported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-07-30HousePending new draft of H2932
2025-07-30HouseNew draft of H2932
2025-07-30HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-07-30HouseRules supended
2025-07-30HouseRead third
2025-07-30HousePassed to be engrossed - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 67)
2025-08-04SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-06-04SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendments by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3109; and by inserting before the enacting clause an emergence preamble
2026-06-04SenateAlso based on S1884
2026-06-04SenateRules suspended
2026-06-04SenateRead second
2026-06-04SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3109; and by inserting before the enacting clause an emergence preamble
2026-06-04SenateOrdered to a third reading
2026-06-04SenateRead third
2026-06-04SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #187 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2026-06-08HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-07-15HouseRules suspended
2026-07-15HouseHouse NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-07-15HouseCommittee of conference appointed - (Ryan-Gonzalez-Ferguson)
2026-07-30SenateRules suspended
2026-07-30SenateSenate insisted on its amendment
2026-07-30SenateCommittee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Lovely-O'Connor), in concurrence

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-07-30 14:01HouseNo. 67On passing to be engrossed158–0
2026-06-04SenateNo. 187Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #187 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)39–0

3 amendments filed

2 withdrawn  ·  1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Creditable service for a Barnstable member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement SystemKip A. DiggsWithdrawn
House 2Licensed Electricians Employed at Regional School DistrictsSimon CataldoWithdrawn
Senate 1An Act relative to benefits for teachersSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-06-03 12:00  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 17

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Special ReportBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.