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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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H.57  An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects
S.3  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements
H.4240  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements
S.2722  An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws
S.16  Fiscal Year 2025 Supplemental Appropriations
S.2543  An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth
H.4000  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements
S.2608  An Act establishing the Massachusetts data privacy act
S.14  Proposed Senate Rules for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session
S.15  Proposed Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session.

Laws

Most Popular General Laws

Chapter Section Name
 MGL c.66 §10 Inspection and copies of public records; requests; written responses; extension of time; fees
 MGL c.149 §148 Payment of wages; commissions; exemption by contract; persons deemed employers; provision for cashing check or draft; violation of statute
 MGL c.269 §10 Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment
 MGL c.90 §24 Driving while under influence of intoxicating liquor, etc.; second and subsequent offenses; punishment; treatment programs; reckless and unauthorized driving; failure to stop after collision
 MGL c.186 §15b Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease; payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits
 MGL c.30A §20 Meetings of a public body to be open to the public; notice of meeting; remote participation; recording and transmission of meeting; removal of persons for disruption of proceedings; office holders to certify receipt of open meeting law and educational materials
 MGL c.123 §12 Emergency restraint and hospitalization of persons posing risk of serious harm by reason of mental illness
 MGL c.93a §9 Civil actions and remedies; class action; demand for relief; damages; costs; exhausting administrative remedies
 MGL c.140 §131 Licenses to carry firearms; conditions and restrictions; rules and regulations
 MGL c.149 §24L Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act

Most Popular Session Laws

Year Chapter Chapter Name
2016 Ch. 218 AN ACT MODERNIZING MUNICIPAL FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT
2024 Ch. 238 AN ACT RELATIVE TO STRENGTHENING MASSACHUSETTS’ ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP
2024 Ch. 135 AN ACT MODERNIZING FIREARM LAWS
2024 Ch. 140 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND, AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
2024 Ch. 150 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT
2025 Ch. 9 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
2024 Ch. 239 AN ACT PROMOTING A CLEAN ENERGY GRID, ADVANCING EQUITY AND PROTECTING RATEPAYERS
2021 Ch. 8 AN ACT CREATING A NEXT-GENERATION ROADMAP FOR MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE POLICY.
2024 Ch. 343 AN ACT ENHANCING THE MARKET REVIEW PROCESS
2014 Ch. 165 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2015 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS