STATE LEGISLATION

Massachusetts bills.

Active bills in Massachusetts's current legislative session, mirrored from public legislative records.

ACTIVE BILLS

Current legislation.

Lists include only active bills from the current session. Latest reported stage, body, and action come from mirrored public records and may not reflect real-time changes.

Active bill stages

8,648 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

8,346Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
77In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
211Floor or other chamber: On a chamber floor or moving between chambers.
14Enrolled or executive: Enrolled for signature or awaiting executive action.
0Terminal outcomes: Became law, vetoed, or failed. Active directories list only open bills.
0Unspecified stage: Latest action could not be mapped to a precise stage. These bills are still active, not closed.

S1520
To protect a patient’s right to a support person at health care facilities
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1521
Ensuring municipal control in public health systems
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1522
Promoting patient safety and equitable access to care
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1525
To ensure safe medication administration
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1526
Putting patients over profits in hospital licensure
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1528
Repealing the state menthol ban
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1529
Authorizing Valley Chapel in the town of Uxbridge to construct and operate a columbarium for the disposition of ashes of certain community members
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1531
Prohibiting harmful food dyes in competitive school foods
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1540
Protecting personal identifying information on records of death
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1553
Relative to the determination of need of new technology
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1555
Decreasing food waste by standardizing the date labeling of food
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1570
Relative to expanding access to healthy food choices in vending machines on state property
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1581
To combat V.I.P. syndrome to protect health care integrity and quality
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1585
Expanding healthcare proxy access to medical records
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1593
Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1594
To protect patients with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other psychiatric illnesses
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1598
Establishing a special commission to find the best practices to promote education, awareness, and prevention of Lyme disease
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1603
To conduct a public health study of synthetic drugs in the commonwealth
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1615
To improve health care coordination and safe discharge
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1625
Relative to environmental public health
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see S2790
Dec 4, 2025
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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Massachusetts bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

To protect a patient’s right to a support person at health care facilities

Ensuring municipal control in public health systems

Promoting patient safety and equitable access to care

To ensure safe medication administration

Putting patients over profits in hospital licensure

Repealing the state menthol ban

Authorizing Valley Chapel in the town of Uxbridge to construct and operate a columbarium for the disposition of ashes of certain community members

Prohibiting harmful food dyes in competitive school foods

Protecting personal identifying information on records of death

Relative to the determination of need of new technology

Decreasing food waste by standardizing the date labeling of food

Relative to expanding access to healthy food choices in vending machines on state property

To combat V.I.P. syndrome to protect health care integrity and quality

Expanding healthcare proxy access to medical records

Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing

To protect patients with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other psychiatric illnesses

Establishing a special commission to find the best practices to promote education, awareness, and prevention of Lyme disease

To conduct a public health study of synthetic drugs in the commonwealth

To improve health care coordination and safe discharge

Relative to environmental public health