Bill Commons

MA S 2955

in committee

An Act to reduce exclusionary discipline for grooming and dress code violations

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

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did MA S 2955 pass?

Not yet. MA S 2955 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-09): Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

What is MA S 2955 about?

Senate, February 9, 2026 -- The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 359) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to promote a healthy culture and climate within schools; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 368) of Adam Gomez, Michael J. Barrett, Joanne M. Comerford, Jason M. Lewis and other members of the Senate for legislation to reduce exclusionary discipline for grooming and dress code violations; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 376) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to promote the education success of court involved children; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 380) of Patricia D. Jehlen and James B. Eldridge for legislation to establish statewide targets for addressing persistent disparities in achievement and suspension and expulsion in public schools; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 387) of Robyn K. Kennedy for legislation relative to safer schools, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2955).

Who sponsors MA S 2955?

Joint Committee on Education is the primary sponsor of MA S 2955, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Senate, February 9, 2026 -- The committee on Education, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 359) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to promote a healthy culture and climate within schools; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 368) of Adam Gomez, Michael J. Barrett, Joanne M. Comerford, Jason M. Lewis and other members of the Senate for legislation to reduce exclusionary discipline for grooming and dress code violations; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 376) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to promote the education success of court involved children; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 380) of Patricia D. Jehlen and James B. Eldridge for legislation to establish statewide targets for addressing persistent disparities in achievement and suspension and expulsion in public schools; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 387) of Robyn K. Kennedy for legislation relative to safer schools, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2955).

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-02-09 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Joint Committee on Educationprimary
  • Adam Gómezcosponsor
  • Michael J. Barrettcosponsor
  • Joanne M. Comerfordcosponsor
  • Jason M. Lewiscosponsor
  • Sal N. DiDomenicocosponsor
  • John F. Keenancosponsor
  • Liz Mirandacosponsor
  • Robyn K. Kennedycosponsor
  • James B. Eldridgecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-09

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-09

    New draft of S359, S368, S376, S380 and S387

  3. 2026-02-09

    Reported from the committee on Education

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2955

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

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

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 2955. 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.