MA S 2903
enactedAn Act honoring Blue Star Families
Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · upper
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Quick answers
Did MA S 2903 pass?
Yes. MA S 2903 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-15): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2026
What is MA S 2903 about?
Senate, January 8, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill enhancing the safety of first responders (Senate, No. 1719) (also based on Senate, No. 2449),-- reported, in part, a "Bill honoring Blue Star Families" (Senate, No. 2903).
Who sponsors MA S 2903?
Senate Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA S 2903.
Description
Senate, January 8, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill enhancing the safety of first responders (Senate, No. 1719) (also based on Senate, No. 2449),-- reported, in part, a "Bill honoring Blue Star Families" (Senate, No. 2903).
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-07-15 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Ways and Meansprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-15
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature
2026-07-13
Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage
2026-07-13
Enacted
passage
2026-07-13
House concurred in the Senate further amendment
2026-07-13
Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
referral-committee
2026-07-13
Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment
2026-07-13
Rules suspended
2026-05-20
Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 198 )
passage
2026-05-20
Read third
reading-3
2026-05-20
Rules suspended
2026-05-20
Ordered to a third reading
2026-05-20
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
amendment-passage,reading-2
2026-05-20
Rules suspended
2026-05-20
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-05-20
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5439, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
referral-committee
2026-01-15
Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #128 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
passage
2026-01-15
Read third
reading-3
2026-01-15
Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2
2026-01-08
Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026
2026-01-08
Order relative to subject matter adopted
2026-01-08
Also based on S2449
2026-01-08
Committee recommended ought to pass
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
Reported on a part of S1719
2026-01-08
Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Versions
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Documents
Votes
S. 2903 On passing to be engrossed as amended
2026-05-20 · pass · 156-0
Member-level votes (158)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- 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: yes
- Flanagan: 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
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Mendes: yes
- Meschino: yes
- Michlewitz: yes
- Moakley: yes
- Montaño: yes
- Moran, J.: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Murray: yes
- Nguyen: not voting
- O'Day: yes
- Ouellette: yes
- Owens: yes
- Paulino: yes
- Philips: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reid: not voting
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Linsky: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- McMurtry: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Luddy: yes
- McGonagle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Markey: yes
- Tarr: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Turco: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ultrino: yes
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Wells: yes
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ferguson: yes
- Frost: yes
- Muradian: yes
- Vieira: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- 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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