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Recently active Massachusetts legislation

Items that have been approved, rejected, or otherwise finished.

Questions voters have decided

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  • 2024 Question 5 · November 5, 2024

    Should employers pay tipped workers the full state minimum wage before tips?

    Voters rejected it.

    • Yes would have raised the wage employers pay tipped workers to the full state minimum over five years, after which employers could have pooled tips among all non management workers.

      34%

    • No kept the existing system, under which employers may pay a lower hourly wage but must make up any shortfall if wages plus tips do not reach the full minimum wage. It also kept the existing tip-pooling rules.

      61%

  • 2024 Question 4 · November 5, 2024

    Should Massachusetts allow limited use and growing of certain psychedelics?

    Voters rejected it.

    • Yes would have let adults over 21 use certain natural psychedelics under licensed supervision, grow and possess limited amounts at home, and created a commission to regulate them.

      41%

    • No kept the law on natural psychedelic substances as it was.

      54%

  • 2024 Question 2 · November 5, 2024

    Should passing the MCAS no longer be required for high school graduation?

    Voters approved it.

    • Yes removed passing the MCAS as a condition of a high school diploma. Students still have to complete coursework their district certifies as meeting state standards.

      57%

    • No would have kept passing the MCAS as a graduation requirement.

      39%

Signed by the Governor

Step 5 of 5 · 6 items

Next: It is state law.

  • H.5640 · Proposed state law · Filed July 31, 2026

    Enable Hingham highway land transfer

    This act authorizes the town of Hingham to grant certain parcels of land to the Commonwealth for highway purposes.

    updated August 7, 2026

  • H.5639 · Proposed state law · Filed July 31, 2026

    Governor signs Nantucket land conveyance bill

    The measure authorizes conveyance of land in Nantucket for open space, passive recreation, or conservation and directs transfer to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for open space purposes.

    updated August 7, 2026

  • H.5627 · Proposed state law · Filed July 30, 2026

    Expand Massachusetts home care program funding

    The bill, An Act to improve Massachusetts home care (H.5627), would modify home care services and funding after passage.

    updated August 6, 2026

  • H.5629 · Proposed state law · Filed July 30, 2026

    Enhances child welfare protections becomes law

    The Massachusetts House and Senate approved H5629, An Act enhancing child welfare protections, with a compromise version.

    updated August 6, 2026

  • H.5616 · Proposed state law · Filed July 29, 2026

    Authorize DOT to take highway easements in Woburn and Burlington

    The act authorizes the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire easements for highway purposes to support an intersection improvement project at Cambridge Road with South Bedford Street and Bedford Road in Woburn and Burlington.

    updated August 6, 2026

Its text became an amendment to another bill

9 items

It continues as a new bill

4 items

The chamber adopted it

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  • H.5619 · Directive to the legislature itself · Introduced August 4, 2026

    Extend Transportation Committee reporting deadline to January 5, 2027

    This House Order extends the time for the Committee on Transportation to report on current House documents 3660, 3662, 3754, 3905, 4087, 4179, and 4402 until Tuesday, January 5, 2027.

    updated August 4, 2026