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Senate orders committee reports, schedules second readings for multiple bills including menstrual-product and 'move over' measures

October 09, 2025 | 2025 Legislature MA, Massachusetts


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Senate orders committee reports, schedules second readings for multiple bills including menstrual-product and 'move over' measures
The Senate ordered committee reports and scheduled second readings for multiple bills during a short session, advancing procedural steps for measures ranging from menstrual-product policy to traffic-safety law.

Senators directed the Committee on Ways and Means to report recommended new drafts and placed the following items on the orders of the day for second reading on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, with committee reporting dates listed as Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, for the initial reports:

- Senate Bill No. 2546 (to increase access to disposable menstrual products), to be reported by Ways and Means with a recommended new draft and placed on second reading as Senate No. 2640.

- Senate Bill No. 1483 (menstrual product ingredient disclosure), to be reported by Ways and Means with a recommended new draft and placed on second reading as Senate No. 2641.

- Senate Bill No. 2547 (relating to the 'move over' law), to be reported by Ways and Means with a recommended new draft and placed on second reading as Senate No. 2642.

In addition, the Senate placed the bill relative to amending certain use restrictions for the Foxborough State Hospital (Senate No. 2141) on the orders of the day for second reading. The transcript records that the committee on Ways and Means reported that bill "not to pass"; the item nonetheless was placed for second reading on Oct. 16, 2025.

Senate members voted by voice to suspend the rules where necessary to consider these matters forthwith; the transcript notes the chamber repeatedly recorded "the ayes have it" when adopting the orders. No roll-call vote tallies or individual recorded votes appear in the transcript for these procedural orders.

The orders adopt standard legislative scheduling: committee reporting on Oct. 9, 2025, and second reading on Oct. 16, 2025, with recommended new drafts pending before Ways and Means. The clerk was directed to dispense with printing a calendar and the Senate adjourned to meet Tuesday at 11:00 a.m.

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