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An Act to promote student learning and mental health

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

S2581  ·  Bill

24 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-31SenateS2561, reprinted as amended
2025-07-31SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #66 (Yeas 38 to Nays 2)
2025-08-04HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-04-08HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5349, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-08HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-04-08HouseRules suspended
2026-04-08HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-04-08HouseOrdered to a third reading
2026-04-08HouseRules suspended
2026-04-08HouseRead third
2026-04-08HouseAmendment 7 rejected
2026-04-08HouseAmendment 15 rejected - 27 YEAS to 128 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 152)
2026-04-08HouseConsolidated amendment A adopted - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 153)
2026-04-08HouseConsolidated amendment B pending
2026-04-08HouseQuorum Roll Call - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 154)
2026-04-08HouseConsolidated amendment B adopted - 144 YEAS to 10 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 155)
2026-04-08HouseFor the text of House amendments, see H5366
2026-04-08HousePassed to be engrossed - 129 YEAS to 25 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 156)
2026-05-07SenateRules suspended
2026-05-07SenateSenate NON-concurred in the House amendment
2026-05-07SenateCommittee of conference appointed (Crighton-Rodrigues-Durant)
2026-05-20HouseRules suspended
2026-05-20HouseHouse insisted on its amendment
2026-05-20HouseCommittee of conference appointed - (Peisch-F. Moran-Vieira), in concurrence

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-07-31SenateNo. 66Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #66 (Yeas 38 to Nays 2)38–2
2026-04-08 19:17HouseNo. 156, amended On passing to be engrossed, in conc129–25

31 amendments filed

27 consolidated  ·  2 adopted  ·  1 withdrawn

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House AConsolidated AAdopted
House BConsolidated BAdopted
House 13Raising the social media access age to 16Christopher HendricksWithdrawn

Showing 3 of 31. 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)  ·  2026-04-07 10:45  ·  S.2581 “An Act to promote student learning and mental health” as amended

favorable · 22

reserve right · 7

no action · 5

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)

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.