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An Act clarifying call firefighter rights

Filed by John C. Velis  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1915  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD796

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-08JointHearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-11-26SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-01-29SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-02-17SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-17SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-17SenateRules suspended
2026-02-17SenateRead third
2026-02-17SenateBills in the Third Reading report accepted, see S2960

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act clarifying call firefighter rightsSenate Committee on Bills in the Third ReadingAdopted

2 committee votes

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-11-12 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Rules (S)  ·  2026-01-27 12:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

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
2025-09-15Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Place in ODRules (S)
BTR ReportBills in the Third Reading (S)

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.