Bill Commons

MA S 459

in committee

An Act to expand dual enrollment for high school students in Gateway Cities

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 459 pass?

Not yet. MA S 459 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-07-30): Accompanied a study order, see S3238

What is MA S 459 about?

By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 459) of John C. Velis for legislation to expand dual enrollment for high school students in Gateway Cities. Education.

Who sponsors MA S 459?

John C. Velis is the primary sponsor of MA S 459, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 459) of John C. Velis for legislation to expand dual enrollment for high school students in Gateway Cities. Education.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-07-30 — Accompanied a study order, see S3238
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • John C. Velisprimary
  • Kelly W. Peasecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-30

    Accompanied a study order, see S3238

  2. 2026-07-02

    Reporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2026

  3. 2025-05-23

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27

    House concurred

  5. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Education

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S459

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-07-31T13:56:05.425808Z

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 459. 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.