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S2543Introduced in the Senate

Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Enrolled

Introduced by Cindy Friedman, District 04-MID

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth

Where it stands

Laid before the Governor

July 31, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS · July 31, 2025

132

Yes

24

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

160 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Christopher Flanagan01-BARYes
John Barrett01-BERYes
Michael Chaisson01-BRINo
Dawne Shand01-ESSYes
Natalie Blais01-FRAYes
Todd Smola01-HAMNo
Lindsay Sabadosa01-HAMAbsent
Margaret Scarsdale01-MIDYes
Bruce Ayers01-NORYes
Michelle Badger01-PLYYes

Bill history

  1. Text of S2538, reprinted as amended

  2. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)

  3. Rules suspended

  4. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4271, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  6. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Read third

  12. Amendment 4 rejected

  13. Amendment 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63 )

  14. Amendment 6 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 29 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64 )

  15. Amendment 7 adopted, as changed

  16. Amendment 9 adopted, as changed

  17. Amended by substitution of a new text, see H4294

  18. Passed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65 )

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572

  21. Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  22. House concurred in the Senate amendment - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 70 )

  23. Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72 )

  24. Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)

  25. Laid before the Governor

  26. Text of S2538, reprinted as amended

  27. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #57 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)

  28. Rules suspended

  29. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  30. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H4271, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  31. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending

  32. Rules suspended

  33. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  34. Ordered to a third reading

  35. Rules suspended

  36. Read third

  37. Amendment 4 rejected

  38. Amendment 8 rejected - 30 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 63 )

  39. Amendment 6 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 29 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64 )

  40. Amendment 7 adopted, as changed

  41. Amendment 9 adopted, as changed

  42. Amended by substitution of a new text, see H4294

  43. Passed to be engrossed - 136 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 65 )

  44. Rules suspended

  45. Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2572

  46. Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  47. House concurred in the Senate amendment - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 70 )

  48. Enacted - 132 YEAS to 24 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 72 )

  49. Enacted -see Roll Call #68 (Yeas 37 to Nays 3)

  50. Laid before the Governor

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