The Massachusetts House considered and concurred with Senate amendments to a bill described on the floor as strengthening health-care protections in the Commonwealth. Representative Day of Stonem presented the Senate further amendment and urged members to support it, requesting a roll call vote.

The Senate further amendment makes several changes to the bill passed earlier by the House: it sunsets the Department of Public Health advisory group when the group files its report in July 2026; it clarifies that the DPH commissioner is the appointing authority for several advisory-group members; and it includes drafting and stylistic changes to improve public clarity of the law.

Representative Day of Stonem summarized the changes and said, “it's not particularly substantive. Some stylistic changes, and some further clarifications. What the Senate further amendment does is it sunsets the Department of Public Health advisory group ... when that report is filed in July 2026.” He also urged urgency driven by national and out‑of‑state actions and local rhetoric, saying, “The right for a woman to control her body and the right for transgender individuals to be treated as equals here in the Commonwealth.”

Day asked that the measure be quickly returned to the governor after concurrence. A roll call was ordered and taken on the floor. The House ultimately passed the bill to be enacted after the vote was completed on the floor.

Background: The bill had been the subject of recent passage in the House and further amendment in the Senate; the further amendment addressed the advisory group’s duration and appointment authority and made drafting changes intended to clarify how the statute will read to a member of the public. The House’s concurrence clears the way for final enrollment and transmission to the governor’s office.