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An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities

Filed by  ·  17 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2026.

S2563  ·  Bill

27 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-24SenateS137, reprinted as amended
2025-07-24SenatePassed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #61 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
2025-07-28HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-15HousePlaced in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
2025-10-27HouseRead second
2025-10-27HouseReferred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-11-05HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4704, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-05HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2025-11-05HouseRules suspended
2025-11-05HouseAmendment adopted (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-11-05HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-05HouseRules suspended
2025-11-05HouseRead third
2025-11-05HousePassed to be engrossed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 105)
2026-02-05SenateRules suspended
2026-02-05SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2954
2026-02-09HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-06-04HouseRules suspended
2026-06-04HouseHouse concurred in the Senate further amendment with a still further amendment, see H5474 - 150 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 204)
2026-06-04SenateRules suspended
2026-06-04SenateSenate concurred in the still further House amendment
2026-06-04HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2026-06-04SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2026-06-04HouseEnacted
2026-06-04SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2026

3 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-07-24SenateNo. 61Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #61 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)40–0
2025-11-05 14:41HouseNo. 105On passing to be engrossed as amended154–0
2026-06-04 14:11HouseNo. 204On adoption of a still further amendment150–0

3 amendments filed

2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilitiesHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted
Senate 1Amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilitiesPatricia D. JehlenAdopted

Showing 2 of 3. 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)  ·  2025-11-04 10:45  ·  S.2563 “An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities” as amended

favorable · 25

reserve right · 1

no action · 10

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
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
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.