Massachusetts · Bill 436 · 194th General Court

An Act relative to affirming and maintaining equal access to public education for all children

S 436 Sponsored by Pavel M. Payano In committee

  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. Payano, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 436) of Pavel M. Payano, Sal N. DiDomenico, Jason M. Lewis, Vanna Howard and others for legislation to affirm and maintain equal access to public education for English learners. Education.

Every action

4 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 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 · Joint Committee on Education
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see S2557 · Joint Committee on Education

Roll calls

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

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Jul 16, 2025 Joint Committee on Education Committee report: Accompanied (Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft)
Members

Yes · 5

Other · 1

 5–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 9 Democrats.

All 9 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.