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.

H5542
Providing for the filling of a vacancy on the Groton-Dunstable School Committee
- 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 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5665
Site Information & Links
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Text of an amendment, see S2957
Sep 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2957
Establishing residency requirements for the offices of mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H5665) and passed to be engrossed
Sep 3, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5434
Providing for the appointment of associate members of the Planning Board of the town of Tisbury to fill vacancies on the board
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 31, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5476
Relative to amending the town charter of the town of Provincetown
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 31, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5384
Authorizing Craig Riley to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Aug 27, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S2532
Authorizing the town of Walpole to grant up to 2 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 27, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3094
Authorizing the town of Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
New draft substituted (Feeney), see S3266
Aug 27, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3258
Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health matters.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
Aug 27, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S3265
Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Service, to make an investigation and study of a certain current Senate document relative to retirement benefits for Alec Ciminello.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
Aug 27, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5114
Relative to consumer connected devices
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a study order, see H5663
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5448
Modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5485
Authorizing the town of Wayland Select Board to grant permission to use land for green burials
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5486
Allowing 'print free' digital legal notices for the town of Wayland
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5592
Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Accompanied a new draft, see H5662
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5661
Authorizing the town of Belmont to increase the asset limitation ceiling, income limitation ceiling, and benefit limitation ceiling applicable to seniors applying for tax abatement pursuant to clauses 17D, 17E, and 41C of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate concurred
Aug 24, 2026
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Official source
H5662
Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5663
Study Order
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Discharged to the committee on House Rules
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1606
Requiring AEDs in clubs and fraternal organizations
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Aug 24, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
H5571
Amending the town meeting act for the town of Danvers
- StageOther chamber
- StatusActive
- Session2025-2026 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Aug 20, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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Massachusetts bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Providing for the filling of a vacancy on the Groton-Dunstable School Committee

Site Information & Links

Establishing residency requirements for the offices of mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton

Providing for the appointment of associate members of the Planning Board of the town of Tisbury to fill vacancies on the board

Relative to amending the town charter of the town of Provincetown

Authorizing Craig Riley to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

Authorizing the town of Walpole to grant up to 2 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises

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

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health matters.

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Service, to make an investigation and study of a certain current Senate document relative to retirement benefits for Alec Ciminello.

Relative to consumer connected devices

Modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke

Authorizing the town of Wayland Select Board to grant permission to use land for green burials

Allowing 'print free' digital legal notices for the town of Wayland

Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth

Authorizing the town of Belmont to increase the asset limitation ceiling, income limitation ceiling, and benefit limitation ceiling applicable to seniors applying for tax abatement pursuant to clauses 17D, 17E, and 41C of Section 5 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws

Relative to the Pilgrim Memorial Park in Plymouth

Study Order

Requiring AEDs in clubs and fraternal organizations

Amending the town meeting act for the town of Danvers