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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts Senate bill expands Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board to 23 members and adds youth advocacy seats
Last action · July 13, 2026: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingSponsors: Sal DiDomenico and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Massachusetts Senate Bill 116 expands the from 21 to 23 members, adds the executive director of the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth or a designee, and replaces two parent seats with three individuals who have past juvenile justice involvement.
Changes the composition and lived-experience representation on a state oversight board that shapes juvenile justice policies and data collection in Massachusetts.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board
The size, composition, and required backgrounds of the board's membership are altered.
Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth
Gains a designated seat on the juvenile justice board.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.
Procedural history
8 actions- Jul 13, 2026HouseCommitteeRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Jul 13, 2026SenateFloorRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
- Jul 13, 2026SenateRules suspended
- Jul 13, 2026SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Jun 23, 2025SenateCommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
- May 6, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
Show 2 earlier actions
- Feb 27, 2025HouseHouse concurred
- Feb 27, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance35How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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