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An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act

Reported by Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity  ·  9 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2516  ·  Bill

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-05-12SenateReported from the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
2025-05-12SenateNew draft of S29, S33 and S45
2025-05-12SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-09-18SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2608
2025-09-18SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-09-18SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, September 25, 2025
2025-09-25SenateRead second
2025-09-25SenateNew draft substituted, see S2608

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy actSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-09-18 11:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 16

reserve right · 2

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

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftAd Info Tech/Cybersecurity
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.