Bill
S 3009
Substituted by A3009C; final text enacts major components to implement the 2025–2026 state fiscal plan, affecting agencies, taxpayers, and program funding.
Brief overview
- Official short title (per metadata): "Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2025–2026 state fiscal year."
- Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A3009C (substitution occurred 2025-05-08). Multiple printed amendment versions (S3009A, S3009B, S3009C) were produced before substitution.
- Note on the provided materials: the package supplied by the user contains several different and partially truncated texts from multiple jurisdictions (a Massachusetts Senate draft regarding adoptions, a New Jersey “John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act” draft, and binary/ PDF streams for amendment prints). Because of that mix, the summary below separates the distinct components that appear in the material and highlights procedural history and recommended next steps to obtain the authoritative final text.
Procedural history (selected)
- Introduced in Senate: 2024-04-08 (referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee)
- Committee report(s): Reported from the Judiciary Committee (12/30/2024) with a new draft of S2835 / H4709 noted.
- Referred to Finance: 2025-01-22
- Multiple amendment prints: S3009A (02/21/2025), S3009B (03/10/2025), S3009C (05/07/2025)
- ORDERED TO THIRD READING and SUBSTITUTED BY A3009C: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor listed in metadata: Tommy Tuberville (primary)
- Related/companion bills: A3009, A4083
Key substantive material found in the provided texts
1. Massachusetts — adoption-related change (small, specific amendment visible)
- Amends Section 2 of chapter 210 of the Massachusetts General Laws (text as of 2022 Official Edition).
- Replaces language “state or the country where it was executed” with “commonwealth or the laws of the place where it was executed.”
- Practical effect (based on the single-line change): clarifies that the governing law for the recognition of certain documents or proceedings should be the Commonwealth’s law or the law of the place where they were executed — likely intended to refine how out-of-state or foreign adoptions or documents are recognized under Massachusetts law. (Text in the file was limited; consult final bill for full context.)
Who would be affected
- If the bill implements fiscal-plan components (per the title): state agencies, municipal governments, program recipients, and taxpayers — but the provided materials do not include the budget-specific line items or program changes.
- The Massachusetts adoption-language change would affect courts, adoption practitioners, and persons seeking recognition of out-of-state or foreign adoption-related instruments.
- The John R. Lewis draft (if enacted in its jurisdiction) would affect voters (especially protected-class and limited-English-proficient voters), local election offices, political subdivisions, and the State Attorney General’s enforcement activities.
Procedural/next-step notes and recommendations
- Because S3009 was SUBSTITUTED BY A3009C, the final operative language (and enactment status) will be in A3009C. Consult the official legislative website or clerk to retrieve the text and fiscal note for A3009C for authoritative, final provisions.
- The user-provided file appears to conflate materials from multiple jurisdictions and includes truncated PDF streams; rely on the legislature’s official bill text for precise legal language and fiscal impact analysis.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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