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An Act regarding free expression

Filed by Julian Cyr  ·  20 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2328  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD141

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-07-10JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-08-14SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-11-06SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2696
2025-11-06SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-11-06SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2025
2025-11-13SenateRead second
2025-11-13SenateNew draft substituted, see S2696

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act regarding free expression Senate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

2 committee votes

Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)  ·  2025-07-30 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-11-06 11:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 17

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
2025-07-22Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.