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S 2674

Relates to protective orders for juries

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Directs a legislative committee to study and investigate three consumer protection/professional licensure topics (S223, S260, S273) without substantive new regulations.

SUBSTITUTED BY A921
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Bill Summary · S 2674

Summary — S 2674 (2025)

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A921 (companion)
Introduced: August 1, 2025
Primary sponsors (listed): Todd Young; Brad Hoylman‑Sigal
Jurisdiction/Chamber: Record shows Massachusetts Senate documents (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) but also metadata referencing committees (Foreign Relations) that suggest conflicting sources. See “Notes & discrepancies” below.

Plain‑language summary

The text provided for S 2674 is not a conventional stand‑alone statute but an order authorizing a legislative committee to investigate and study three separate Senate documents (S223, S260, S273) concerning consumer protection and professional licensure matters. The cover page also carries the name “Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic Negligence Act (HARPOON Act),” but no HARPOON substantive text appears in the file you supplied. Additionally, the bill record indicates S 2674 was later substituted by A921.

Purpose and intent (as reflected in provided text)

  • To authorize and direct the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (Massachusetts Senate) to investigate and study the matters contained in Senate documents numbered 223, 260 and 273.
  • The three referenced documents, according to the committee cover, address:
    • S223: homeowners’ right to perform electrical work;
    • S260: protection of lottery winners’ privacy;
    • S273: measures to reduce lottery ticket littering.

The order appears designed to consolidate study and fact‑gathering on these consumer protection/professional licensure topics before possible legislative action.

Key provisions (from supplied text)

  • Committee authorization: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure is expressly authorized and directed to make an investigation and study of S223, S260, and S273.
  • No substantive regulatory, criminal, or appropriations provisions are included in the supplied text (no statutory language changing law on piracy/overfishing or protective orders for juries is present).

Who would be affected

  • If the order simply directs study, immediate direct legal effects are minimal.
  • Indirectly affected stakeholders include:
    • Homeowners and electricians (S223);
    • Lottery winners and the state lottery agency (S260);
    • Municipalities, retailers, and consumers relating to lottery ticket littering (S273).
  • If S2674 were intended as the HARPOON Act (title present but no text), potential affected parties would include maritime operators, fisheries, and national security partners — but no HARPOON provisions are present to analyze.

Procedural and timeline notes

  • Recorded actions include introduction (8/1/2025), referral(s), committee reporting (10/30/2025), discharge to Senate Rules (11/6/2025), and a notation “SUBSTITUTED BY A921” (2/11/2025 in your record — date order appears inconsistent).
  • The file shows the committee reported an order favorably and referred it to the Rules committee of both branches acting concurrently.

Notes, discrepancies, and recommendation

  • The metadata contains multiple, conflicting elements:
    • Bill title references protective orders for juries and also the HARPOON Act (anti‑piracy/overfishing), but the text is an internal Massachusetts Senate committee order concerning consumer protection bills.
    • Sponsors listed (Todd Young, Brad Hoylman‑Sigal) are from other jurisdictions; committee names include “Foreign Relations” and Massachusetts committees.
    • Dates include duplications and chronological inconsistencies (e.g., substitution dated before introduction).
  • Because of these conflicts, this summary is limited to what the supplied document actually contains (a committee order to study S223, S260, S273). For authoritative text, effective language, and current status (especially given the “SUBSTITUTED BY A921” entry), consult:
    • The official legislative website for the relevant body (Massachusetts Legislature if state bill; or Congress/state where sponsors sit), and
    • The companion bill A921 to see the substitute language and final provisions.

If you want, I can: (a) retrieve and summarize A921 (the substitute), or (b) search official legislative databases and reconcile the competing records. Which would you prefer?

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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