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

S 2960: An Act clarifying call firefighter rights

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 2960 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on February 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act clarifying call firefighter rights. Primary sponsor: Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 19, 2026): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

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, February 17, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading to whom was referred the Senate Bill clarifying call firefighter rights (Senate, No. 1915); reports, recommending that the same be amended as follows, and that, when so amended, it will be correctly drawn:-- by substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2960)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Senate Committee on Bills in the Third ReadingPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kelly PeaseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4th Hampden
John VelisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampden and Hampshire

“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 second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Rules suspended
  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  4. Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Schedule
  6. Passed to be engrossed
  7. New draft of S1915
  8. Reported from the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading

Sources

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