Bill Commons

MA S 2561

introduced

An Act to promote student learning and mental health

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 2561 pass?

Not yet. MA S 2561 has been introduced as of 2025-07-31 but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-07-31): Reprinted, as amended, see S2581

What is MA S 2561 about?

The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to promote student learning and mental health (Senate, No. 2549), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2561).

Who sponsors MA S 2561?

Senate Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA S 2561, joined by 17 cosponsors.

Description

The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to promote student learning and mental health (Senate, No. 2549), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2561).

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-07-31 — Reprinted, as amended, see S2581
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Ways and Meansprimary
  • Julian Cyrcosponsor
  • Brendan P. Crightoncosponsor
  • John J. Cronincosponsor
  • John F. Keenancosponsor
  • Patrick M. O'Connorcosponsor
  • John C. Veliscosponsor
  • Andrea Joy Campbellcosponsor
  • Mark C. Montignycosponsor
  • Carmine Lawrence Gentilecosponsor
  • Nick Collinscosponsor
  • Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.cosponsor
  • James C. Arena-DeRosacosponsor
  • Barry R. Finegoldcosponsor
  • Paul R. Feeneycosponsor
  • Mike Connollycosponsor
  • Lindsay N. Sabadosacosponsor
  • Joanne M. Comerfordcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-07-24

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  2. 2025-07-24

    Recommended new draft for S2549

  3. 2025-07-24

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

  4. 2025-07-24

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 31, 2025

  5. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #2 (Kennedy) rejected

    amendment-failure

  6. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #3 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  7. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #5 (Velis) adopted

    amendment-passage

  8. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #11 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  9. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #15 (Tarr) adopted

    amendment-passage

  10. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #18 (Fattman) rejected

    amendment-failure

  11. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #19 (Fattman) rejected

    amendment-failure

  12. 2025-07-31

    Amendment #17 (Rodrigues) adopted

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-07-31

    Substituted, as amended, for S2549

  14. 2025-07-31

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. 2025-07-31

    Read third

    reading-3

  16. 2025-07-31

    Reprinted, as amended, see S2581

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passing the bill to be engrossed

    2025-07-31 · pass · 0-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2561

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 2561. 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.