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An Act requiring seat belts on school buses

Filed by Sal N. DiDomenico  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1662  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1821

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2026-03-19SenateReporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2026
2026-05-26JointHearing scheduled for 06/08/2026 from 09:00 AM-12:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-07-01SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)  ·  2026-06-15 15:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 7

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

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2026-06-08Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Safety and Homeland Security (J)

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.