Massachusetts · Bill 950 · 194th General Court

An Act to advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions

S 950 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. 950) of Pavel M. Payano for legislation to require higher education institutions to issue an annual report to the attorney general and department of higher education on their prior year admissions preference. Higher Education.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Higher Education · Joint Committee on Higher Education
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 05/05/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 · Joint Committee on Higher Education
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see S2534 · Joint Committee on Higher Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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.