S 1626 Massachusetts Senate · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act to protect essential health services

S 1626, sponsored by Senator Bruce Tarr, aims to protect essential health services under Public Health legislation. The bill seeks to establish safeguards for critical healthcare services but lacks specific details in the provided abstract about which services or how protections would be implemented. Without additional context on its provisions or affected populations, this summary reflects only the bill's stated purpose as described in its title and abstract. The abstract does not specify mechanisms, affected groups, or concrete policy changes.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Public Health
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors