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An Act providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former firefighter of the City of Boston

Filed by Nick Collins  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 109 of the Acts of 2026.

S2574  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2857

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-05-01SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-06-12SenateRules suspended
2025-06-12SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-07-30HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-03JointHearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-10JointHearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-17SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-02SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-02SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-05HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-05HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-05HouseRules suspended
2026-03-05HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-11HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-15HouseEnacted
2026-06-15SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-22ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 109 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-10-28 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

no action · 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
2025-09-10Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (J)
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.