Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 37 D · 2 R cosponsors

S 2997 — An Act to expand access to high-quality, affordable early education and care

Last action — Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced July 07, 2022. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 58 sponsors

    0 primary, 58 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (37 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Senate, July 7, 2022 -- Text of the Senate Bill to expand access to high-quality, affordable early education and care (being the text of Senate, No. 2979, printed as amended)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #202 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)

  3. Text of S2973, printed as amended

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 58 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (58)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 2997 do?
Senate, July 7, 2022 -- Text of the Senate Bill to expand access to high-quality, affordable early education and care (being the text of Senate, No. 2979, printed as amended)
Who sponsors S 2997?
S 2997 is sponsored by Michael O. Moore (Democrat), James M. Murphy (Democrat), Mathew J. Muratore, Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Rebecca L. Rausch (Democrat), Hannah Kane (Republican), James B. Eldridge (Democrat), Mike Connolly (Democrat), Eric P. Lesser, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. (Democrat), Vanna Howard (Democrat), David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Joanne M. Comerford (Democrat), Nick Collins (Democrat), Joseph A. Boncore, John J. Cronin (Democrat), Susan L. Moran, Adam G. Hinds, Christopher Hendricks (Democrat), Carol A. Doherty, Michael J. Barrett (Democrat), Christina A. Minicucci, Michael D. Brady (Democrat), Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Kay Khan, Erika Uyterhoeven (Democrat), Jon Santiago, Cindy F. Friedman (Democrat), Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Mark C. Montigny (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Dylan A. Fernandes (Democrat), John H. Rogers (Democrat), Anne M. Gobi, Sarah K. Peake, Adam J. Scanlon (Democrat), Walter F. Timilty, Julian Cyr (Democrat), Patricia D. Jehlen (Democrat), Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Maria Duaime Robinson, Joan B. Lovely (Democrat), Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (Democrat), Michael F. Rush (Democrat), Harriette L. Chandler, John F. Keenan (Democrat), Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Joint Committee on Education, Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), Diana DiZoglio, Adam Gómez (Democrat), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Marc R. Pacheco, John C. Velis (Democrat), Sonia Chang-Diaz, Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democrat), and Brian W. Murray (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 2997?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced July 07, 2022. It now moves to the second chamber.
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