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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

S 2537: An Act relative to fairness in debt collection

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 2537 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on June 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to fairness in debt collection. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 17, 2025): New draft substituted, see S2551.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Senate, June 23, 2025 -- The committee on Financial Services to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 735) of James B. Eldridge, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, and Michael J. Barrett for legislation to establish the Debt Collection Fairness Act, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2537).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Financial ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateThird Middlesex
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Joan LovelyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateSecond Essex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. New draft substituted, see S2551
  2. Read second
  3. Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 17, 2025
  4. Order relative to subject matter adopted
  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2551
  6. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
  7. New draft of S735
  8. Reported from the committee on Financial Services

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source