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An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Filed by Cindy F. Friedman  ·  11 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2522  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2808

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-14SenateSenate Rule 20 and Joint Rule 12 suspended
2025-04-14SenateReferred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-05-27HouseRules suspended
2025-05-27HouseHouse NON-concurred in the reference
2025-05-27HouseReferred to the committee on the Judiciary
2025-05-29SenateRules suspended
2025-05-29SenateSenate receded from its referral to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-05-29SenateSenate concurs in the reference to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-05-29JointHearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-06-16SenateBill reported favorably by committee
2025-06-16SenateRead, rules suspended, and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-06-18SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2538
2025-06-18SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-06-18SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 26, 2025
2025-06-26SenateRead second
2025-06-26SenateNew draft substituted, see S2538

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act strengthening health care protections in the CommonwealthSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-06-18 14:00  ·  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.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-06-03Judiciary (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableJudiciary (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.