MA S 2726

enacted

An Act regarding free expression

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

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Did MA S 2726 pass?

Yes. MA S 2726 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-10): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026

What is MA S 2726 about?

Senate, November 13, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill regarding free expression (being the text of Senate document 2696, printed as amended)

Description

Senate, November 13, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill regarding free expression (being the text of Senate document 2696, printed as amended)

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-08-10 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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2026-08-10
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature
2026-07-31
Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage
2026-07-31
Enacted - 156 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 254 )
passage
2026-07-31
House concurred in the Senate further amendment
2026-07-31
Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
referral-committee
2026-07-30
Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S3241
2026-07-30
Rules suspended
2026-06-10
Passed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 211 )
passage
2026-06-10
Amendment 8 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-06-10
Amendment 6 adopted, as changed
amendment-passage
2026-06-10
Amendment 4 rejected - 23 YEAS to 133 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 210 )
amendment-failure
2026-06-10
Amendment 3 rejected - 2 YEAS to 154 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 209 )
amendment-failure
2026-06-10
Read third
reading-3
2026-06-10
Rules suspended
2026-06-10
Ordered to a third reading
2026-06-10
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
amendment-passage,reading-2
2026-06-10
Rules suspended
2026-06-10
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-06-10
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5489, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-11-17
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #104 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3)
passage
2025-11-13
Text of S2696, reprinted as amended

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Votes

S. 2726 On adoption of amendment #3
2026-06-10 · fail · 2-154
Member-level votes (158)
- Mr.: not voting
- Moran, M.: no
- Hogan: no
- Peisch: no
- Moran, F.: no
- Donato: no
- Arciero: no
- Arena-DeRosa: no
- Armini: no
- Arriaga: no
- Ashe: no
- Ayers: no
- Badger: no
- Barber: no
- Barrett: no
- Biele: no
- Bowen: no
- Cabral: no
- Cahill: no
- Cataldo: no
- Chan: not voting
- Ciccolo: no
- Connolly: no
- Consalvo: no
- Cruz: no
- Cusack: no
- Davis: no
- Day: no
- Decker: no
- Diggs: no
- Domb: no
- Donaghue: no
- Donahue: no
- DuBois: no
- Duffy: no
- Elliott: no
- Farley-Bouvier: no
- Field: no
- Finn: no
- Fiola: no
- Flanagan: no
- Fluker-Reid: no
- Gallagher: no
- Galvin: no
- Garballey: no
- Garcia: no
- Garry: no
- Gentile: no
- Giannino: no
- Gómez: no
- González: no
- Gordon: no
- Gregoire: no
- Haggerty: no
- Hamilton: no
- Hawkins: no
- Hendricks: no
- Higgins: no
- Holmes: no
- Honan: no
- Hong: no
- Hunt: no
- Kassner: no
- Kearney: no
- Keefe: no
- Kerans: no
- Kilcoyne: no
- Kushmerek: no
- LaNatra: no
- Lawn: no
- LeBoeuf: no
- Lewis: no
- Linsky: no
- Lipper-Garabedian: no
- Livingstone: no
- Luddy: no
- MacGregor: no
- Madaro: no
- Mahoney: no
- McGonagle: no
- McMurtry: no
- Mendes: no
- Meschino: no
- Michlewitz: no
- Moakley: no
- Montaño: no
- Moran, J.: no
- Murphy: no
- Murray: no
- Nguyen *: no
- O'Day: no
- Ouellette: no
- Owens: no
- Paulino: no
- Philips: no
- Plouffe: no
- Puppolo: no
- Ramos, A.: no
- Ramos, O.: no
- Reid: no
- Reyes: no
- Robertson: no
- Rogers, D.: no
- Rogers, J.: no
- Roy: no
- Ryan: no
- Sabadosa: no
- Sangiolo: no
- Saunders: no
- Scanlon: no
- Scarsdale: no
- Schwartz: no
- Sena: no
- Shand: no
- Silvia, A.: no
- Sousa: no
- Stanley: no
- Sylvia, M.: no
- Markey: no
- Tarr: no
- Tarsky: no
- Turco: no
- Tyler: no
- Ultrino: no
- Uyterhoeven: no
- Vargas: no
- Vitolo: no
- Walsh: no
- Wells: no
- Williams: no
- Worrell: no
- Zlotnik: no
- Jones: no
- Ferguson: no
- Frost: no
- Muradian: no
- Vieira: no
- Berthiaume: no
- Boldyga: no
- Chaisson: no
- DeCoste: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: no
- Kane: no
- Lombardo: no
- Marsi: no
- McKenna: no
- Orrall: no
- Pease: no
- Smola: no
- Soter: no
- Sullivan-Almeida: no
- Sweezey: no
- Thurber: no
- Vaughn: no
- Wong: no
- Xiarhos: no
- Whipps: no
S. 2726 On adoption of amendment #4
2026-06-10 · fail · 23-133
Member-level votes (158)
- Mr.: not voting
- Moran, M.: no
- Hogan: no
- Peisch: no
- Moran, F.: no
- Donato: no
- Arciero: no
- Arena-DeRosa: no
- Armini: no
- Arriaga: no
- Ashe: no
- Ayers: no
- Badger: no
- Barber: no
- Barrett: no
- Biele: no
- Bowen: no
- Cabral: no
- Cahill: no
- Cataldo: no
- Chan: not voting
- Ciccolo: no
- Connolly: no
- Consalvo: no
- Cruz: no
- Cusack: no
- Davis: no
- Day: no
- Decker: no
- Diggs: no
- Domb: no
- Donaghue: no
- Donahue: no
- DuBois: no
- Duffy: no
- Elliott: no
- Farley-Bouvier: no
- Field: no
- Finn: no
- Fiola: no
- Flanagan: no
- Fluker-Reid: no
- Gallagher: no
- Galvin: no
- Garballey: no
- Garcia: no
- Garry: no
- Gentile: no
- Giannino: no
- Gómez: no
- González: no
- Gordon: no
- Gregoire: no
- Haggerty: no
- Hamilton: no
- Hawkins: no
- Hendricks: no
- Higgins: no
- Holmes: no
- Honan: no
- Hong: no
- Hunt: no
- Kassner: no
- Kearney: no
- Keefe: no
- Kerans: no
- Kilcoyne: no
- Kushmerek: no
- LaNatra: no
- Lawn: no
- LeBoeuf: no
- Lewis: no
- Linsky: no
- Lipper-Garabedian: no
- Livingstone: no
- Luddy: no
- MacGregor: no
- Madaro: no
- Mahoney: no
- McGonagle: no
- McMurtry: no
- Mendes: no
- Meschino: no
- Michlewitz: no
- Moakley: no
- Montaño: no
- Moran, J.: no
- Murphy: no
- Murray: no
- Nguyen *: no
- O'Day: no
- Ouellette: no
- Owens: no
- Paulino: no
- Philips: no
- Plouffe: no
- Ramos, A.: no
- Ramos, O.: no
- Reid: no
- Reyes: no
- Robertson: no
- Rogers, D.: no
- Rogers, J.: no
- Roy: no
- Ryan: no
- Sabadosa: no
- Saunders: no
- Scanlon: no
- Scarsdale: no
- Schwartz: no
- Sena: no
- Shand: no
- Silvia, A.: no
- Sousa: no
- Stanley: no
- Sylvia, M.: no
- Tarsky: no
- Turco: no
- Tyler: no
- Ultrino: no
- Uyterhoeven: no
- Vargas: no
- Vitolo: no
- Walsh: no
- Wells: no
- Williams: no
- Worrell: no
- Zlotnik: no
- Ferguson: no
- Frost: no
- Muradian: no
- Vieira: no
- Berthiaume: no
- Sangiolo: yes
- Tarr: yes
- Jones: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Markey: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- DeCoste: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: yes
- Kane: yes
- Lombardo: yes
- Marsi: yes
- McKenna: yes
- Orrall: no
- Pease: yes
- Smola: yes
- Soter: yes
- Sullivan-Almeida: yes
- Sweezey: yes
- Thurber: yes
- Vaughn: yes
- Wong: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: no
S. 2726 On passing to be engrossed, as amended
2026-06-10 · pass · 153-3
Member-level votes (158)
- Mr.: not voting
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: yes
- Bowen: yes
- Cabral: yes
- Cahill: yes
- Cataldo: yes
- Chan: yes
- Ciccolo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Consalvo: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Cusack: yes
- Davis: yes
- Day: yes
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Fiola: not voting
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: yes
- Garballey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garry: yes
- Gentile: yes
- Giannino: yes
- Gómez: yes
- González: yes
- Gordon *: yes
- Gregoire: yes
- Haggerty: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Hawkins: yes
- Hendricks: yes
- Higgins: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- McGonagle: yes
- McMurtry: yes
- Mendes: yes
- Meschino: yes
- Michlewitz: yes
- Moakley: yes
- Montaño: yes
- Moran, J.: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Murray: yes
- Nguyen *: yes
- O'Day: yes
- Ouellette: yes
- Owens: yes
- Paulino: yes
- Philips: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reid: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Turco: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ultrino: yes
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: no
- Wells: no
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ferguson: yes
- Frost: yes
- Muradian: yes
- Vieira: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Tarr: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Markey: no
- DeCoste: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: yes
- Kane: yes
- Lombardo: yes
- Marsi: yes
- McKenna: yes
- Orrall: yes
- Pease: yes
- Smola: yes
- Soter: yes
- Sullivan-Almeida: yes
- Sweezey: yes
- Thurber: yes
- Vaughn: yes
- Wong: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes

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