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IntroducedJan 09, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2025
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Passed HouseMay 08, 2025
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Signed into Law
Title: (New Title) criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child, and relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.
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Senate • Jun 12, 2025: Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
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YES: 202
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Bean, Harry
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cambrils, Jose
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Dolan, Tom
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Drago, Mike
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumais, Russell
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Durkin, Sean
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Germana, Dylan
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Janigian, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Long, Patrick
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Mannion, Dennis
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Miner, Laurence
- Minor, Sheri
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Michael
- Murphy, Nancy
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Nelson, Jodi
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Ouellet, Mike
- Panek, Sandra
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Presa, Adam
- Proulx, Mark
- Prout, Andrew
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Roy, Terry
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Seidel, Sheila
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Suiter, John
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tripp, Richard
- Trottier, Douglas
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Valerino, Brian
- Vallone, Mark
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 168
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Ammon, Keith
- Bailey, Glenn
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Colby, Eleana
- Corcoran, Travis
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Drew, Matt
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- England, Myles
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Granger, Michael
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Hall, Robley
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Haskins, Linda
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jeudy, Jean
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Leishman, Peter
- Lloyd, Christal
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKay, James
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Malone, Amy
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Nagel, David
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Polozov, Yury
- Preece, David
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Richards, Beth
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Seibert, Christine
- Selby, Donald
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Swanson, Dale
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Warden, Mark
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 14
OTHER: 14
YES: 179
- Aldrich, Glen
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Ammon, Keith
- Bailey, Glenn
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Berch, Paul
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Cloutier, John
- Colby, Eleana
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Drew, Matt
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- England, Myles
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Dylan
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Girard, Dale
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Haskins, Linda
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jeudy, Jean
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Leishman, Peter
- Lloyd, Christal
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKay, James
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Malone, Amy
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miller, Seth
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Nagel, David
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Polozov, Yury
- Preece, David
- Prout, Andrew
- Raymond, Heather
- Raynolds, Ned
- Richards, Beth
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Seibert, Christine
- Selby, Donald
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- Swanson, Dale
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Trottier, Douglas
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Vallone, Mark
- Vandecasteele, Susan
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Warden, Mark
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
NO: 193
- Alexander, Joe
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Bean, Harry
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cambrils, Jose
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Corcoran, Travis
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Crawford, Karel
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Dolan, Tom
- Drago, Mike
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumais, Russell
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Durkin, Sean
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hall, Robley
- Harb, Robert
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Janigian, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Long, Patrick
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Mannion, Dennis
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Miner, Laurence
- Minor, Sheri
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Michael
- Murphy, Nancy
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Nelson, Jodi
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Ouellet, Mike
- Panek, Sandra
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Presa, Adam
- Proulx, Mark
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Seidel, Sheila
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Suiter, John
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tripp, Richard
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Valerino, Brian
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
EXCUSED: 14
OTHER: 12
Actions
- Jun 12, 2025 | Senate
- Sen. Gannon Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- Jun 05, 2025 | House
- Lay SB263 on Table (Rep. Cormen): MF RC 179-193 06/05/2025 HJ 16
- FLAM #2025-2567h (NT) (Rep. Lynn): AA DV 208-162 06/05/2025 HJ 16
- FLAM #2025-2639h (Rep. Cormen): AF DV 171-198 06/05/2025 HJ 16
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2567h: MA RC 202-168 06/05/2025 HJ 16
- May 23, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 05/23/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- Executive Session: 05/23/2025 01:00 pm LOB 202-204
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/23/2025 (Vote 12-4; RC) HC 27 P. 15
- May 08, 2025 | House
- Amendment #2025-1717h: AA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 11
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1717h: MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 12
- Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 12
- Apr 23, 2025 | House
- Executive Session: 04/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1717h 04/23/2025 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 23 P. 9
- Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 02:00 pm LOB 206-208
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 11 P. 113
- Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
- Special Order to 03/20/2025, Without Objection, MA; 03/13/2025 SJ 7
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0745s, 03/20/2025, Vote 4-0; SC 13
- Committee Amendment #2025-0745s, AA, VV; 03/20/2025; SJ 8
- Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0745s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8
- Mar 13, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0745s, 03/13/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 12
- SB 263 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- Mar 04, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: 03/04/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 11
- Jan 09, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 3
Bill Texts
- IntroducedHTML
- IntroducedPDF
- As Amended by the SenateHTML
- As Amended by the SenatePDF
- As Amended by the HouseHTML
- As Amended by the HousePDF
- As Amended by the House (2nd)HTML
- As Amended by the House (2nd)PDF
- Senate Amendment 2025-0745sHTML
- Senate Amendment 2025-0745sPDF
- House Amendment 2025-1717hHTML
- House Amendment 2025-1717hPDF
- House Amendment 2025-2567hHTML
- House Amendment 2025-2567hPDF
- House Amendment 2025-2639hHTML
- House Amendment 2025-2639hPDF
Documents
- Sen Comm RptHTML
- Sen Comm RptPDF
- Sen Hearing RptHTML
- Sen Hearing RptPDF
- Remote Testimony by Sepe, Kyle (Oxford, NJ) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Gilrein, Christopher (Boston, MA) - Oppose, House JudiciaryPDF
- Remote Testimony by January, Brianna (McLean, VA) - Oppose, House JudiciaryPDF
- Remote Testimony by Lestock, Jake (Washington, DC) - Oppose, House JudiciaryPDF
- Remote Testimony by Stokes, Megan (Crofton, MD) - Oppose, House JudiciaryPDF
- Remote Testimony by Kilar, Megan (Candia, NH) - Support, House JudiciaryHTML