Massachusetts · Bill 749 · 194th General Court

An Act establishing the interagency financial scams task force

  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. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 749) of Paul R. Feeney, Marcus S. Vaughn and Brian M. Ashe for legislation to create a task force to review and investigate financial scams across the commonwealth. Financial Services.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Financial Services · Joint Committee on Financial Services
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on Financial Services
  4. CommitteeHearing rescheduled to 10/07/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:10 PM in A-2 and Virtual; Hearing updated to New End Time · Joint Committee on Financial Services
  5. SenateReporting date extended to Monday April 6, 2026
  6. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently · Joint Committee on Rules
  7. 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
Apr 6, 2026 Joint Committee on Financial Services Committee report: Favorable (Ought to pass)
Members

Yes · 6

6–0

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 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.