Legislative Highlights of 2025-2026 Session

Massachusetts Senate Passes the BRIGHT Act to Modernize and Invest in Public Higher Education Facilities

Senate Modernizes Unit Pricing Law to Support Small Businesses

Senate Acts to Boost Youngest Students’ Reading Education

Senate Creates New License Plate for Families of Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

Senate Passes Housing Affordability Package Focused on Property Tax Relief

Senate Acts to Boost Campaign Finance Transparency

Senate Approves FY2025 Closeout Supplemental Budget

Senate Acts to Expand Highway Safety for Utility Workers and Drivers 

Senate Votes to Expand Menstrual Product Access and Require Ingredient Labels 

Massachusetts Legislature Approves Road and Bridge Funding for Cities and Towns

Legislature Sends Midyear Supplemental Budget to Governor 

Senate Approves Permanent ‘Blue Envelope’ Program Supporting People with Autism 

Senate Scrubs Offensive Language from State Law, Acts to Repeal Discriminatory Statutes

Senate Acts to Reform Child Custody Law to Conform with National Standards 

Senate Acts to Protect Consumers from Predatory Debt Collection 

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to Safeguard Financial Health and Protect the State’s Most Vulnerable

Massachusetts Legislature Approves Joint Rules, Ushering in More Accessible, Efficient Lawmaking

Massachusetts Legislature Invests $1.39 Billion into Public Transportation and Education

Massachusetts Retailers Set for Sales Tax-Free Weekend on August 9, 10

Massachusetts Senate Passes Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to Safeguard Financial Health and Protect the State’s Most Vulnerable

Senate Injects $1.33 Billion into Statewide Education, Transportation Projects

Legislature Extends Hybrid Public Meeting Law to 2027, Expanding Access to Local Government

Senate Passes Rules Proposals Broadening Public Access to Legislature’s Work, Decision Making

Legislative Highlights of 2023-2024 Session

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Legislation to Increase the Commonwealth’s Competitiveness for Federal Dollars

Legislature to Change Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission’s Name to ‘MassAbility’, Remove Archaic Laws

Massachusetts Legislature Acts to Transform Long-Term Care Sector 

Senate Bolsters Access to Maternal Health Services in Massachusetts

Senate Makes Sweeping Systemic Reforms to Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities

Senate Acts to Protect First Responders Permanently Injured in the Line of Duty

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE PASSES WAGE EQUITY LEGISLATION

Massachusetts Legislature Passes the FutureTech Act

Senate Passes Health Care Reform Boosting Safeguards Against For-Profit Entities

Senate Unanimously Passes $2.86 Billion Boost to Life Sciences, Climate Tech, A.I., and Small Businesses

Senate Votes to Spur Housing Construction Across the State

Velis Ushers Expanded HERO Act Through Senate to Support Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, and their Families

Senate Passes 2025 Budget to Make Community College Free, Invest in Every Region, Open Childcare Seats   

Senate Authorizes $375 Million for Local Transportation Infrastructure

Senate acts to protect firefighters, increase “hot work” safety

Senate acts to protect consumers, make debt collections fairer

SENATE ADOPTS VELIS AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS

SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION PROHIBITING CAT DECLAWING IN MASSACHUSETTS

SENATE ACTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS DURING REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS

SENATE ACTS TO MODERNIZE MASSACHUSETTS LAWS, REPEAL ANTI-LGBTQIA+ STATUTES

SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION LEGALIZING FENTANYL TEST STRIPS

SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSES LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE COMMONWEALTH’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

“BLUE ENVELOPE” BILL SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH AUTISM PASSES SENATE

WHEELCHAIR WARRANTY REFORM PASSED BY MASSACHUSETTS SENATE

SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO CLOSE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PASSED BY SENATE, SIGNED INTO LAW  

Legislative Highlights of 2021-2022 Session

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