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

8,634 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

8,323Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
79In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
212Floor or other chamber: On a chamber floor or moving between chambers.
20Enrolled 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.

S2878
Authorizing the town of Tewksbury to lease the North Street Elementary School for a term of years not exceeding 99 years
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Sep 17, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5584
Authorizing ranked choice voting for local elections in the city of Salem
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 15, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5435
Authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
Sep 14, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
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H5498
Authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Sep 14, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5499
To include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Sep 14, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5539
Relative to recall elections in the town of Danvers
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Sep 14, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3270
Site Information & Links
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
See H4755
Sep 14, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5641
Establishing a temporary moratorium on large scale photovoltaic installations and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the town of Becket
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing scheduled for 09/21/2026 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
Sep 11, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5654
Relative to the governance of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing scheduled for 09/21/2026 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
Sep 11, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5554
Providing for tenant representation on the Great Barrington Housing Authority board
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
Sep 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3098
Authorizing the town of Dennis to publish legal notices digitally
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Sep 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3264
Site Information & Links
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
See H4347
Sep 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5525
Relative to pension benefits for firefighter Leo J. Bracken
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5557
Amending the sick leave bank for Matthew McRae, an employee of the department of state police
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5565
Authorizing and directing the retirement board of the city of Lawrence to grant credible service to Lawrence police officer Abel Cano Jr
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5579
Authorizing the town of Stockbridge to modify Fire Department employment
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5642
Relative to the disability retirement of Michael D. Chapdelaine, a police officer in the city known as the town of West Springfield
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3268
Authorizing the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William Peters Jr., David Rehorka, Richard Sawin and Sallie Sawin
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Hearing rescheduled to 09/09/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
Sep 9, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3266
Authorizing the town of Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Sep 8, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5521
Providing for recall elections in the town of Sudbury
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
Sep 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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Massachusetts bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Authorizing the town of Tewksbury to lease the North Street Elementary School for a term of years not exceeding 99 years

Authorizing ranked choice voting for local elections in the city of Salem

Authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey

Authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks

To include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System

Relative to recall elections in the town of Danvers

Site Information & Links

Establishing a temporary moratorium on large scale photovoltaic installations and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the town of Becket

Relative to the governance of the municipal light plant in the town of Hull

Providing for tenant representation on the Great Barrington Housing Authority board

Authorizing the town of Dennis to publish legal notices digitally

Site Information & Links

Relative to pension benefits for firefighter Leo J. Bracken

Amending the sick leave bank for Matthew McRae, an employee of the department of state police

Authorizing and directing the retirement board of the city of Lawrence to grant credible service to Lawrence police officer Abel Cano Jr

Authorizing the town of Stockbridge to modify Fire Department employment

Relative to the disability retirement of Michael D. Chapdelaine, a police officer in the city known as the town of West Springfield

Authorizing the Montague Center Fire District and the Turners Falls Fire District to continue the membership of members John Annear, Lawrence William Peters Jr., David Rehorka, Richard Sawin and Sallie Sawin

Authorizing the town of Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises

Providing for recall elections in the town of Sudbury