Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H2974: An Act relative to employee protections
Status: Failed, March 30, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
I. Protection from Forced Vaccination. - Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities. No person may be terminated from a position of employment at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities due to not receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination. II. Prohibition Against Public Agencies Issuing or Establishing COVID-19 Vaccine Passports. – Notwithstanding any other provision of State or federal law, State or federal rule, executive order, local ordinance, or State or local declaration of emergency, no officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision of the State may issue or establish any standardized documentation, including something styled as a vaccine passport or vaccine pass, for the purpose of verifying an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status to a third party, or otherwise publish or share …
Sponsors
- Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27)
- : Hearing rescheduled to 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-03:10 PM in A-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span>
- : Hearing scheduled for 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Public Service
- : Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
Common questions
- What is H2974?
- H2974 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to employee protections.
- What is the status of H2974?
- Failed as of March 30, 2026. Latest action: Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27) (March 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored H2974?
- Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R).
- Where is the official record for H2974?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2974
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