Massachusetts · Bill 2489 · 194th General Court

An Act relative to including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, Marnie's Law

H 2489 Sponsored by Hadley Luddy In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 27, 2025
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

By Representatives Luddy of Orleans and Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2489) of Hadley Luddy, Kip A. Diggs and Patrick M. O'Connor relative to including inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education. Public Health.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Public Health · Joint Committee on Public Health
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing rescheduled to 07/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual; Hearing updated to New End Time · Joint Committee on Public Health
  4. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling · House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. CommitteeCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting · House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  6. HouseRules suspended
  7. HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Oct 10, 2025 Joint Committee on Public Health Committee report: Favorable (Shall the bill be reported favorably?)
Members

Yes · 11

 11–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat.

All 2 cosponsors

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.