Massachusetts 191st Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 32 D · 5 R cosponsors

S 2844 — An Act creating higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities

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

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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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 #247 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  3. Read third

  4. Ordered to a third reading

  5. Substituted as a new draft for S2539

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Recommended new draft for S2539

  8. Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 55 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Co-sponsors (55)

Not signed on (148)

148 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.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors S 2844?
S 2844 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Joint Committee on Higher Education, Joan B. Lovely (Democrat), Michael J. Rodrigues (Democrat), Diana DiZoglio, Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Tackey Chan (Democrat), Angelo L. D'Emilia, Kay Khan, Smitty Pignatelli, Michael O. Moore (Democrat), Susan Williams Gifford, Joseph A. Boncore, Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (Republican), Christina A. Minicucci, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (Democrat), Marjorie C. Decker (Democrat), Brian W. Murray (Democrat), Michael J. Barrett (Democrat), James T. Welch, Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Dean A. Tran, James B. Eldridge (Democrat), David M. Rogers (Democrat), Bradford Hill, Rebecca L. Rausch (Democrat), Jennifer E. Benson, Hannah Kane (Republican), Patricia D. Jehlen (Democrat), Cindy F. Friedman (Democrat), Daniel J. Hunt (Democrat), Joanne M. Comerford (Democrat), Mike Connolly (Democrat), José F. Tosado, Jonathan D. Zlotnik (Democrat), Elizabeth A. Poirier, John F. Keenan (Democrat), Linda Dean Campbell, Michael D. Brady (Democrat), Sean Garballey (Democrat), Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), David T. Vieira (Republican), Julian Cyr (Democrat), William N. Brownsberger (Democrat), Paul R. Feeney (Democrat), Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Michael F. Rush (Democrat), Cynthia Stone Creem (Democrat), Marcos A. Devers, Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Walter F. Timilty, Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), and Peter Capano.
What is the current status of S 2844?
This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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