Bill Commons

MA S 73

in committee

An Act relative to the Department of Fish and Game

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

Quick answers

Did MA S 73 pass?

Not yet. MA S 73 is in committee as of 2025-12-31 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-12-31): Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

What is MA S 73 about?

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 73) of Bruce E. Tarr and Michael O. Moore for legislation to expand programs under the Department of Fish and Game. Agriculture.

Who sponsors MA S 73?

Bruce E. Tarr is the primary sponsor of MA S 73, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 73) of Bruce E. Tarr and Michael O. Moore for legislation to expand programs under the Department of Fish and Game. Agriculture.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-12-31 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Bruce E. Tarrprimary
  • Michael O. Moorecosponsor
  • Joan B. Lovelycosponsor
  • Joanne M. Comerfordcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Agriculture

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    House concurred.

  3. 2025-06-26

    Hearing scheduled for 07/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-06-27

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

  5. 2025-12-31

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

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S73

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

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 73. 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.