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An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds

Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S30  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1689

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-06-30JointHearing scheduled for 07/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-07-24SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-07-02SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3164
2026-07-02SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2026-07-02SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 9, 2026
2026-07-09SenateRead second
2026-07-09SenateNew draft substituted, see S3164

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act protecting children from addictive social media feedsSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

2 committee votes

Ad Info Tech/Cybersecurity  ·  2025-07-21 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-07-02 11:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 14

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
2025-07-10Ad Info Tech/CybersecurityA-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableAd Info Tech/Cybersecurity
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.