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An Act designating January 30 of each year as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in Massachusetts

Filed by James B. Eldridge  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2132  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD849

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-05-30JointHearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-07-07SenateBill 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
2026-01-29SenateRules suspended
2026-01-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-29SenateRead third (title changed)
2026-01-29SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #129 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
2026-02-02HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-02HouseRules suspended
2026-03-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-01-29SenateNo. 129Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #129 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)37–0

1 committee vote

Rules (S)  ·  2026-01-27 16:00  ·  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
2025-06-04State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Place in ODRules (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.