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

S 2945: An Act modernizing protections for consumers in automobile transactions

Passed one chamber 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 2945 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on February 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act modernizing protections for consumers in automobile transactions. Primary sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2026): Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means.

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Official summary

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

Senate, February 5, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill modernizing protections for consumers in automobile transactions (Senate, No. 228),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2945).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Senate Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrea Joy CampbellCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Paul FeeneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateBristol and Norfolk

“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. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  2. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #134 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
  3. Read third
  4. Ordered to a third reading
  5. Substituted as a new draft for S228
  6. Amendment #4 (Tarr) rejected
  7. Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12, 2026
  8. Order relative to subject matter adopted
  9. Recommended new draft for S228
  10. Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Sources

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