Massachusetts State Scorecard

H4692 Article V Rescission (Passed 155 to 3 on 11/19/2025). Rescinds all previous applications made by the Massachusetts General Court to Congress to call an Article V constitutional convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

H4692 Article V Rescission (Passed 34 to 4 on 11/19/2025). Rescinds all previous applications made by the Massachusetts General Court to Congress to call an Article V constitutional convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

S2696 Obscene Books in Libraries (Passed 35 to 3 on 11/13/2025). Establishes policies regulating the removal of library materials in public schools and libraries in Massachusetts, and mandates new procedures to ensure that challenges to obscene materials do not result in automatic removal.

H4671 State Seal of Biliteracy Expansion (Passed 155 to 0 on 10/29/2025). Amends Section 1Q of chapter 69 of the General Laws to allow the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish alternative criteria for awarding the state seal of biliteracy.

H4240 Family Resource Centers (Passed 35 to 3 on 10/23/2025). Allocates $500,000 for the operation and support of a network of child and family service programs throughout the commonwealth, including family resource centers.

S2640 Access to Menstrual Products (Passed 39 to 0 on 10/16/2025). Amends various chapters of the General Laws to require that disposable menstrual products be made available at no cost to "menstruating individuals" in family shelters, public schools, jails, and correctional facilities.

H4240 Economic Development Grants (Passed 153 to 2 on 10/08/2025). Allocates $1 million for regional economic-development grants to support contracts with regional economic-development organizations under sections 3J and 3K of chapter 23A of the General Laws.

H4240 Family Resource Centers (Passed 133 to 22 on 10/08/2025). Allocates $500,000 for the operation and support of a network of child and family service programs throughout the commonwealth, including family resource centers.

S2543 Gender-mutilation Surgery (Passed 37 to 3 on 07/31/2025). Increases legal protection for "reproductive" and "gender-affirming" services in Massachusetts.

S2543 Gender-mutilation Surgery (Passed 136 to 23 on 07/16/2025). Increases legal protection for "reproductive" and "gender-affirming" services in Massachusetts.