Bill Commons

MA S 1616

in committee

An Act establishing an advisory committee on the accessibility of fresh food retail in communities throughout the Commonwealth

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 1616 pass?

Not yet. MA S 1616 is in committee as of 2025-11-24 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-11-24): Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

What is MA S 1616 about?

By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1616) of Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation to establish an advisory committee on the accessibility of fresh food retail in communities throughout the Commonwealth. Public Health.

Who sponsors MA S 1616?

Jacob R. Oliveira is the primary sponsor of MA S 1616, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1616) of Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation to establish an advisory committee on the accessibility of fresh food retail in communities throughout the Commonwealth. Public Health.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-11-24 — Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Jacob R. Oliveiraprimary
  • Aaron L. Saunderscosponsor
  • Patrick M. O'Connorcosponsor
  • James B. Eldridgecosponsor
  • Michael O. Moorecosponsor

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. 2025-08-29

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-09-10

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:35 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  5. 2025-11-03

    Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  6. 2025-11-24

    Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1616

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 1616. 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.