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An Act allowing the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation

Filed by Michael J. Rodrigues  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2627  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3254

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-09SenateReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-10-14HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-24JointHearing scheduled for 11/03/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-03-19SenateReporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2026
2026-04-01SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-30SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-04HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-05-18HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-05-18HouseRules suspended
2026-05-18HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Health (J)  ·  2026-03-26 12:00  ·  Favorable

favorable · 2

reserve right · 2

no action · 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
2025-11-03Public Health (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

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