Massachusetts · Bill 821 · 193rd General Court

An Act banning legacy preferences in higher education

S 821 Sponsored by Lydia Edwards Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 821) of Lydia Edwards for legislation to ban legacy preferences in higher education. Higher Education.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Higher Education · Joint Committee on Higher Education
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 06/27/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on Higher Education
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see S2687 · Joint Committee on Higher Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.