Legislative Research: MA S950 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court

Massachusetts Senate Bill 950 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 194th General Court (Introduced)	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. [S950 2025 Detail][S950 2025 Text][S950 2025 Comments]	2025-06-23 Accompanied a new draft, see S2534
2023-2024 193rd General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to housing court jurisdiction. The Judiciary. [S950 2023 Detail][S950 2023 Text][S950 2023 Comments]	2024-02-29 Accompanied a new draft, see S2592
2021-2022 192nd General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to false reporting of an emergency. The Judiciary. [S950 2021 Detail][S950 2021 Text][S950 2021 Comments]	2022-02-07 Accompanied a study order, see S2665
2019-2020 191st General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to lift the billable hours cap for bar advocates. The Judiciary. [S950 2019 Detail][S950 2019 Text][S950 2019 Comments]	2020-02-03 Accompanied a study order, see S2496
2017-2018 190th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to sexually violent predators. The Judiciary. [S950 2017 Detail][S950 2017 Text][S950 2017 Comments]	2018-03-01 Accompanied a study order, see S2313
2015-2016 189th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to provide fire chiefs with access to CORI information. The Judiciary. [S950 2015 Detail][S950 2015 Text][S950 2015 Comments]	2016-03-21 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2013-2014 188th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to the zoning of marijuana treatment centers. Municipalities and Regional Government. [S950 2013 Detail][S950 2013 Text][S950 2013 Comments]	2014-06-05 Accompanied a study order, see H4146
2011-2012 187th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to consumers and workers. Labor and Workforce Development. [S950 2011 Detail][S950 2011 Text][S950 2011 Comments]	2012-04-26 Accompanied a study order, see S2237
2009-2010 186th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to establish a primary seat belt law [S950 2009 Detail][S950 2009 Text][S950 2009 Comments]	2009-01-20 Public Hearing date 4/16 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A1

References Online

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Legislative Citation

APA

MA S950 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court. (2016, March 21). LegiScan. Retrieved June 17, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S950/2015

MLA

"MA S950 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 21 Mar. 2016. Web. 17 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S950/2015>.

Chicago

"MA S950 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court." March 21, 2016 LegiScan. Accessed June 17, 2026. https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S950/2015.

Turabian

LegiScan. MA S950 | 2015-2016 | 189th General Court. 21 March 2016. https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S950/2015 (accessed June 17, 2026).

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S770	Similar To	2016-04-04	Relative to law-enforcement access to communications records	Accompanied a study order, see S2204
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