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MA S 2903

enacted

An 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

  1. 2026-07-15

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2026

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-07-13

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  3. 2026-07-13

    Enacted

    passage

  4. 2026-07-13

    House concurred in the Senate further amendment

  5. 2026-07-13

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-07-13

    Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment

  7. 2026-07-13

    Rules suspended

  8. 2026-05-20

    Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 198 )

    passage

  9. 2026-05-20

    Read third

    reading-3

  10. 2026-05-20

    Rules suspended

  11. 2026-05-20

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. 2026-05-20

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

    amendment-passage,reading-2

  13. 2026-05-20

    Rules suspended

  14. 2026-05-20

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

  15. 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

  16. 2026-01-22

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

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  17. 2026-01-15

    Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #128 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)

    passage

  18. 2026-01-15

    Read third

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  19. 2026-01-15

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  20. 2026-01-08

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026

  21. 2026-01-08

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

  22. 2026-01-08

    Also based on S2449

  23. 2026-01-08

    Committee recommended ought to pass

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2026-01-08

    Reported on a part of S1719

  25. 2026-01-08

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Versions

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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