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An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Filed by  ·  12 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025.

S2543  ·  Bill

26 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-26SenateText of S2538, reprinted as amended
2025-06-26SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)
2025-07-03HouseRules suspended
2025-07-03HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-07-16HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4271, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-16HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2025-07-16HouseRules suspended
2025-07-16HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-07-16HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-07-16HouseRules suspended
2025-07-16HouseRead third
2025-07-16HouseAmendment 4 rejected
2025-07-16HouseAmendment 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63)
2025-07-16HouseAmendment 6 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 29 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64)
2025-07-16HouseAmendment 7 adopted, as changed
2025-07-16HouseAmendment 9 adopted, as changed
2025-07-16HouseAmended by substitution of a new text, see H4294
2025-07-16HousePassed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65)
2025-07-31SenateRules suspended
2025-07-31SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572
2025-07-31HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2025-07-31HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 70)
2025-07-31HouseEnacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72)
2025-07-31SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)
2025-07-31SenateLaid before the Governor
2025-08-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2025

5 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-06-26SenateNo. 57Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)37–3
2025-07-16 15:25HouseNo. 65On passing to be engrossed136–23
2025-07-31 11:02SenateNo. 68Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)37–3
2025-07-31 14:30HouseNo. 70On concurrence132–24
2025-07-31 15:42HouseNo. 72On enactment132–24

11 amendments filed

5 withdrawn  ·  3 adopted, as changed  ·  2 rejected

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 2eliminating taxpayer funding of Planned ParenthoodJoseph D. McKennaWithdrawn
House 3allowing a taxpayer opt. out of funding abortive servicesJoseph D. McKennaWithdrawn
House 4ending ad campaign against problem pregnancy resource centersJoseph D. McKennaRejected
House 5Long-term Coverage of Gender Affirming Care MedicationsSamantha MontañoWithdrawn
House 6Data Sharing Protection Meghan K. KilcoyneAdopted, as Changed
House 7Administrative Technical ChangesAndres X. VargasAdopted, as Changed
House 8Strengthening Health Care Protections FOR ALL Residents and Children in The CommonwealthMichael J. SoterRejected
House 9Technical Advisory Group to Ensure Appropriate Clinical CareMarjorie C. DeckerAdopted, as Changed
House 10Massachusetts Safe Harbor FundJoan MeschinoWithdrawn
House 11Civil PenaltyJames J. O'DayWithdrawn

Showing 10 of 11. An amendment marked consolidated was folded into a consolidated amendment, which under House Rule 33F cannot be adopted except by a roll call.

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-07-15 10:45  ·  S.2543 “An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth” as amended

favorable · 21

reserve right · 8

no action · 7

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
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.