2025-2026 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
S197: To protect safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data
Legislative Summary
For legislation to protect reproductive health access, LGBTQ lives, religious liberty, and freedom of movement by banning the sale of cell phone location information. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Bill History
2/27/2025
Referred to the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Senate
2/27/2025
House concurred
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Discharged to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
Senate
3/31/2025
House concurred
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
Joint Conference
5/12/2025
Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Ways and Means(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 33
Republican: 4
Independent: 1
Primary Sponsor
Cynthia Creem
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (37)
Rebecca Rausch
Democrat
Michael Moore
Democrat
Joanne Comerford
Democrat
Carmine Gentile
Democrat
Paul Mark
Democrat
Jason Lewis
Democrat
Bradley Jones
Republican
John Keenan
Democrat
Thomas Stanley
Democrat
Salvatore DiDomenico
Democrat
Dylan Fernandes
Democrat
Jacob Oliveira
Democrat
Mike Connolly
Democrat
James Eldridge
Democrat
Patrick O'Connor
Republican
Angelo Puppolo
Democrat
Susannah Whipps Lee
Independent
Julian Cyr
Democrat
Marcus Vaughn
Republican
Patricia Jehlen
Democrat
Bruce Tarr
Republican
Brendan Crighton
Democrat
Adam Gomez
Democrat
Robyn Kennedy
Democrat
William Driscoll
Democrat
Adam Scanlon
Democrat
Joan Lovely
Democrat
Mark Montigny
Democrat
Liz Miranda
Democrat
Lydia Edwards
Democrat
Manny Cruz
Democrat
Nick Collins
Democrat
Pavel Payano
Democrat
Michael Barrett
Democrat
Vanna Howard
Democrat
David LeBoeuf
Democrat
Margaret Scarsdale
Democrat