MA S2516

Bill

MA S2516

Mitigating COVID-19 transmission among children and families

Introduced
08/05/2021

In Committee
08/26/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to mitigate COVID-19 transmission among children and families. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 among children and families. It requires individuals aged 2 and older to wear masks or face coverings when indoors at child care programs, elementary schools, and secondary schools, with some exceptions. The bill also allows students to be excused from school for COVID-19 vaccinations and provides parents, guardians, or caregivers with up to 6 hours of paid leave to facilitate their child's COVID-19 vaccination. The bill's mask and vaccination provisions are set to expire on June 30, 2022.

Committee Categories

Education, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (23)

Becca Rausch (D)*, Ruth Balser (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Mike Connolly (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Carol Doherty (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Pat Jehlen (D), Ed Kennedy (D), Kay Khan (D), Jack Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Susan Moran (D), Steve Owens (D), Marc Pacheco (D), Maria Robinson (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Dan Sena (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2756 (on 03/14/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2516

(26 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2516
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2516.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H232	Relative to foster care recruitment	No further action taken	Similar To
H2639	To provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H4110	Relative to charter school procurement	No further action taken	Similar To
H5052	Providing for diabetes management in schools	No further action taken	Similar To
H5056	Relative to college in high schools	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
H538	Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies	Accompanied H653	Similar To
S1147	To provide a safe harbor for health regulations	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S1247	Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2719	Similar To
S1382	For healthy and green public schools	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1462	Relative to the storage of epinephrine at schools	Accompanied a study order, see S3052	Similar To
S1464	To protect youth from the health risks of sugary drinks	Accompanied a new draft, see S2781	Similar To
S217	Establishing a student tuition recovery fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2666	Similar To
S2756	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to education issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S315	Providing for diabetes management in schools	Accompanied H665	Similar To
S322	Relative to substance use education in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S323	Relative to unfunded mandates on public schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S332	Relative to carbon monoxide detectors in schools	Accompanied H653	Similar To
S353	To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2755	Similar To
S357	To increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs	Accompanied a new draft, see S2749	Similar To
S370	Establishing a hate crimes grant program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2525	Similar To
S371	Relative to local approval for charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2755	Similar To
S383	Relative to physical and social recess in schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S87	Establishing a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights	New draft substituted, see S2954	Similar To
S88	Establishing the Massachusetts foster care review office	Accompanied a study order, see S3050	Similar To
S98	Establishing a program to promote infant sleep safety	Accompanied a study order, see S2624	Similar To
S99	Relative to foster kids	Accompanied a study order, see S2624	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H232

Relative to foster care recruitment

No further action taken

Similar To

H2639

To provide pensions to surviving spouses of Department of Children and Families social workers killed in the line of duty

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H4110

Relative to charter school procurement

No further action taken

Similar To

H5052

Providing for diabetes management in schools

No further action taken

Similar To

H5056

Relative to college in high schools

Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

H538

Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies

Accompanied H653

Similar To

S1147

To provide a safe harbor for health regulations

Accompanied a study order, see S2665

Similar To

S1247

Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools

Accompanied a new draft, see S2719

Similar To

S1382

For healthy and green public schools

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1462

Relative to the storage of epinephrine at schools

Accompanied a study order, see S3052

Similar To

S1464

To protect youth from the health risks of sugary drinks

Accompanied a new draft, see S2781

Similar To

S217

Establishing a student tuition recovery fund

Accompanied a study order, see S2666

Similar To

S2756

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to education issues

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S315

Providing for diabetes management in schools

Accompanied H665

Similar To

S322

Relative to substance use education in public schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S323

Relative to unfunded mandates on public schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S332

Relative to carbon monoxide detectors in schools

Accompanied H653

Similar To

S353

To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2755

Similar To

S357

To increase student access to career technical education schools and programs which are aligned with regional labor market needs

Accompanied a new draft, see S2749

Similar To

S370

Establishing a hate crimes grant program

Accompanied a new draft, see S2525

Similar To

S371

Relative to local approval for charter schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2755

Similar To

S383

Relative to physical and social recess in schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S87

Establishing a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights

New draft substituted, see S2954

Similar To

S88

Establishing the Massachusetts foster care review office

Accompanied a study order, see S3050

Similar To

S98

Establishing a program to promote infant sleep safety

Accompanied a study order, see S2624

Similar To

S99

Relative to foster kids

Accompanied a study order, see S2624

Similar To

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