Scope: State (Massachusetts)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: January 29, 2026
S 533, titled "An Act to ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count," received a committee recommendation that it ought to pass. The bill was then referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on January 29, 2026.
Constitutional basis: Routine exercise of state legislative authority over census participation affecting apportionment; bill still pending in Senate Ways and Means without enactment.