Bill Commons

MA HD 2961

in committee

An Act establishing a legislative commission to study and make recommendations regarding the chapter 70 funding formula

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Quick answers

Did MA HD 2961 pass?

Not yet. MA HD 2961 is in committee as of 2025-02-27 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-02-27): Senate concurred

What is MA HD 2961 about?

By Representatives Doherty of Taunton and Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 555) of Carol A. Doherty, James K. Hawkins and Danillo A. Sena for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to conduct a study and make recommendations on the chapter 70 funding formula. Education.

Description

By Representatives Doherty of Taunton and Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 555) of Carol A. Doherty, James K. Hawkins and Danillo A. Sena for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to conduct a study and make recommendations on the chapter 70 funding formula. Education.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-02-27 — Senate concurred
Bill type
proposed bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Carol A. Dohertycosponsor
  • James K. Hawkinscosponsor
  • Danillo A. Senacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    Senate concurred

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD2961

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:56.590024Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MA&identifier=HD 2961. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.