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S 2565 Massachusetts Senate · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder

Summary
Senate, July 24, 2025 -- Text of the Senate Bill facilitating better interactions between police officers and persons with autism spectrum disorder (Senate, No. 2565) (being the text of Senate No. 2558, printed as amended)
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill mandates police training for autism interactions, enhancing accountability and protecting civil rights in law enforcement encounters.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jul 24, 2025 Signed Jun 25, 2026
Floor votes · House May 20, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
9
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 25, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 112 of the Acts of 2026
executive
Jun 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Enacted and laid before the Governor
upper
Jun 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Enacted
lower
Jun 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in the House amendment
upper
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 197 )
lower
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
lower
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
lower
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5438, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Jul 28, 2025
Committee
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
Jul 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #65 (Yeas 39 to Yeas 0)
upper
Jul 24, 2025
Introduced
Text of S2558, reprinted as amended
upper
0 primary · 19 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.