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MA S 2653

passed one chamber

An Act updating the Move Over Law

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

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Did MA S 2653 pass?

Not yet. MA S 2653 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-07-31): Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258 )

What is MA S 2653 about?

Senate, October 16, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill updating the Move Over Law (being the text of Senate document 2642, printed as amended)

Description

Senate, October 16, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill updating the Move Over Law (being the text of Senate document 2642, printed as amended)

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-07-31 — Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258 )
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Brendan P. Crightoncosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-07-31

    Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258 )

    passage

  2. 2026-07-31

    Read third

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  3. 2026-07-31

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-07-31

    Ordered to a third reading

  5. 2026-07-31

    Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

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  6. 2026-07-31

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-07-31

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending

  8. 2026-07-30

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5622, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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  9. 2025-10-20

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

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  10. 2025-10-16

    Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #74 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

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  11. 2025-10-16

    Text of S2642, reprinted as amended

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Related bills

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2653

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