Massachusetts · Bill 617 · 194th General Court

An Act establishing an educational mandate task force

H 617 Sponsored by Hannah Kane 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 Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 617) of Hannah Kane, Colleen M. Garry and Bradley H. Jones, Jr., for an investigation by a special task force (including members of the General Court) relative to review existing state mandates placed on public schools and districts in the Commonwealth. Education.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Education · Joint Committee on Education
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium · Joint Committee on Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

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

  • Hannah KaneR Primary sponsor · District 11th Worcester
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.