Bill Commons

MA S 1522

in committee

An Act promoting patient safety and equitable access to care

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 1522 pass?

Not yet. MA S 1522 is in committee as of 2025-12-04 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-12-04): Accompanied a study order, see S2790

What is MA S 1522 about?

By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1522) of Lydia Edwards, Adam Gomez, Susannah M. Whipps, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote patient safety and equitable access to care. Public Health.

Who sponsors MA S 1522?

Lydia Edwards is the primary sponsor of MA S 1522, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1522) of Lydia Edwards, Adam Gomez, Susannah M. Whipps, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court for legislation to promote patient safety and equitable access to care. Public Health.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-12-04 — Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Lydia Edwardsprimary
  • Adam Gómezcosponsor
  • Susannah M. Whippscosponsor
  • James B. Eldridgecosponsor
  • Manny Cruzcosponsor
  • Paul R. Feeneycosponsor
  • Thomas M. Stanleycosponsor
  • Vanna Howardcosponsor
  • Michael D. Bradycosponsor
  • Robyn K. Kennedycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Public Health

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  3. 2025-06-16

    Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-06-16

    Hearing rescheduled to 06/23/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  5. 2025-12-04

    Accompanied a study order, see S2790

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1522

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=S 1522. 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.