S 2888: Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Public Health to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to public health matters.

Official summary

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Senate, December 18, 2025 -- The committee on Public Health, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1498) of John J. Cronin for legislation relative to tobacco harm-reduction; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1517) of Julie Farrell, for legislation to ban artificial fluoridation schemes; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1518) of Julie Farrell, for legislation relative to fluoride in water warnings; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1557) of Edward J. Kennedy and James B. Eldridge for legislation relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks; (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 1559) of Kevin Gilnack, that provisions be made for a special commission (including members of the General Court) to make recommendations regarding the improvement of resources for individuals experiencing Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG); (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1567) of Jason M. Lewis for legislation to regulate access to certain tobacco products by persons under twenty-one years of age; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1568) of Jason M. Lewis and John F. Keenan for legislation to prohibit the sale of tobacco products to persons born on or after January 1, 2006; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1575) of Tim Jernigan-Smith, for legislation to provide municipalities to opt out of fluoridation treatments; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1636) of Kirstin Beatty, for legislation to ensure safer and secure communications by improving technological safety with radiation limits through the Massachusetts Broadband Institute; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1637) of Kirstin Beatty, for legislation to require medical facilities and nursing homes to support safer electromagnetic radiation exposures and to support reduction of other environmental hazards through facility wiring and training, report the accompanying Order (Senate, No. 2888).

Sponsors

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Recent official actions

1. December 24, 2025Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
2. December 18, 2025Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
3. December 18, 2025Accompanied by S1498, S1517, S1518, S1557, S1559, S1567, S1568, S1575, S1636 and S1637
4. December 18, 2025Reported from the committee on Public Health (under JR10)