Massachusetts · Bill 403 · 194th General Court

An Act establishing a special commission to review the adequacy and equity of the Massachusetts school building program

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 27, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  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 Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 403) of Jason M. Lewis, Rebecca L. Rausch, Joanne M. Comerford, James B. Eldridge and others for legislation to establish a special commission to review the adequacy and equity of the Massachusetts school building program. Education.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Education · Joint Committee on Education
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on Education
  4. SenateAccompanied by S318, S352, S366 and S390
  5. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently · Joint Committee on Rules
  6. CommitteeCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means · Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Roll calls

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

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Sep 17, 2025 Joint Committee on Education Committee report: Favorable (Ought to pass)
Members

Yes · 6

6–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 7 Democrats.

All 7 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.