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An Act relative to protecting biometric information under the security breach law

Filed by Michael J. Barrett  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S187  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1559

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-19JointHearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-09-29JointHearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-12-31SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)  ·  2025-12-02 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

reserve right · 1

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
2025-10-01Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)

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.