Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4653: An Act protecting public higher education student information
Status: In committee, November 13, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, October 27, 2025:
Chapter 66 of the General Laws is amended by adding at the end a new section: Section 22: Public colleges and universities as defined in Section 5 of Chapter 15A shall not be required to produce records defined as education records in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC 1232g) at 34 CFR § 99.3, including those education records designated by the public colleges and universities as directory information as defined in FERPA at 34 CFR § 99.3. This section shall not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal agencies.
Sponsors
- Education, Joint Committee on (I) · primary sponsor
- Michael Moran (D, 18th Suffolk)
Latest actions
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : New draft of H1451
- : Reported from the committee on Higher Education
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Higher Education (October 16, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H4653?
- H4653 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act protecting public higher education student information.
- What is the status of H4653?
- In committee as of November 13, 2025. Latest action: Read second and ordered to a third reading (November 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored H4653?
- Education, Joint Committee on (I), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H4653?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4653
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