Bill Commons

MA S 1731

in committee

An Act to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 1731 pass?

Not yet. MA S 1731 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 S2798

What is MA S 1731 about?

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1731) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Who sponsors MA S 1731?

Mark C. Montigny is the primary sponsor of MA S 1731.

Description

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1731) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-12-04 — Accompanied a study order, see S2798
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Mark C. Montignyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  3. 2025-08-26

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-12-04

    Accompanied a study order, see S2798

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1731

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 1731. 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.