Massachusetts legislature

The 2025 Regular Session convened January 1, 2025.

Its adjournment isn't on record, so this page doesn't say whether it is sitting today.

Updated Nov 5, 2026 at 4:04 p.m. EST.

This session in numbers

2025 Regular Session. Bills, not resolutions.

Introduced
8,753
Enacted
518
Vetoed
0
How far bills have got
Introduced1
Committee7,530
Floor Vote231
Reconciliation29
To the Governor367
Override1

Vetoes are counted where the legislature's record states them; some don't.

Laws taking effect in the next 90 days

  • Nov 13, 2026H 3896An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Berlin
  • Nov 20, 2026H 5421An Act relative to the transportation of vessels in the villages of Marston Mills and Osterville in the town of Barnstable
  • Nov 26, 2026H 5430An Act designating the Hyannis Transportation Center in the town of Hyannis as the Thomas S. Cahir Cape Cod Transportation Center
  • Dec 3, 2026S 3133An Act amending the membership of the Quabbin watershed advisory committee
  • Dec 9, 2026H 3417An Act designating Domestic Workers' Rights Day
  • Dec 9, 2026H 5351An Act authorizing charity alcohol auctions

How each date is worked out: Effective dates.

Enacted in the last 60 days

47 bills became law in the last 60 days. The 15 most recent are listed.

  • Oct 27, 2026H 4174An Act relative to the Ayer Library
  • Oct 27, 2026H 5430An Act designating the Hyannis Transportation Center in the town of Hyannis as the Thomas S. Cahir Cape Cod Transportation Center
  • Oct 27, 2026S 3139An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief
  • Oct 26, 2026H 4585An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements
  • Oct 21, 2026H 3909An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions
  • Oct 21, 2026H 4580An Act relative to the select board of the town of Berlin
  • Oct 21, 2026H 4755An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury
  • Oct 21, 2026H 5171An Act removing the Treasurer as Acting Mayor in the Holyoke Charter
  • Oct 21, 2026H 5421An Act relative to the transportation of vessels in the villages of Marston Mills and Osterville in the town of Barnstable
  • Oct 21, 2026H 5520An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley
  • Oct 21, 2026H 5547An Act extending the timeframe for the issuance of licenses granted pursuant to Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2020 in the city of Easthampton
  • Oct 21, 2026S 3017An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Elijah George Osborne
  • Oct 14, 2026H 3608An Act designating a certain bridge in the town of Hopkinton as the Major General Frank D. Merrill memorial bridge
  • Oct 14, 2026H 3896An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Berlin
  • Oct 14, 2026H 4754An Act relative to expanded small property tax abatements in the Town of Auburn

Hearings in the coming week

No hearings are scheduled in the coming week.

When the calendar was last checked isn't recorded.

Earlier sessions

  • 2023 Regular SessionJan 4, 2023 – Dec 30, 2024 · 7,822 bills · 500 enacted