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An Act addressing challenges facing public libraries and digital resource collections

Reported by Senate Committee on Rules  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2710  ·  Bill

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-10SenateReported from the committee on Senate Rules
2025-11-10SenateReported on a part of S2330
2025-11-10SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass
2025-11-10SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-11-10SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2025
2025-11-13SenateRead second
2025-11-13SenateAmendment #1 (Tarr) rejected
2025-11-13SenateAmendment #2 (Tarr) rejected
2025-11-13SenateAmendment #3 (Keenan) rejected
2025-11-13SenateAmendment #4 (Feeney) adopted
2025-11-13SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-13SenateRead third
2025-11-13SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call # 97 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
2025-11-17HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-11-13SenateNo. 97Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call # 97 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)37–0

4 amendments filed

3 rejected  ·  1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Master Contracts Bruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 2Legislative Commission Members Bruce E. TarrRejected
Senate 3Potential Displacement of Print MaterialsJohn F. KeenanRejected
Senate 4Author RepresentationPaul R. FeeneyAdopted

1 committee vote

Rules (S)  ·  2025-11-07 16:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day (in part)

favorable · 6

reserve right · 1

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
In PartRules (S)

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.