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

S 2653: An Act updating the Move Over Law

Passed both chambers 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 2653 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on October 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act updating the Move Over Law. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (July 31, 2026): Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258 ).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Senate, October 16, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill updating the Move Over Law (being the text of Senate document 2642, printed as amended)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brendan CrightonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateThird 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. Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 258 )
  2. Read third
  3. Rules suspended
  4. Ordered to a third reading
  5. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
  6. Rules suspended
  7. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
  8. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5622, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  9. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  10. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #74 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  11. Text of S2642, reprinted as amended

Sources

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