Massachusetts S3247: Resolutions to call on the congressional delegation to support the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons

What the bill says

From the introduced text, July 31, 2026:

WHEREAS, the existence of more than 12,000 nuclear weapons worldwide poses a grave and existential threat to the citizens of the commonwealth; and WHEREAS, the residents of the commonwealth have expressed their deep concern about this continuing threat over many decades through town meetings and city council resolutions and the filing of bills and resolutions with the general court; and WHEREAS, the policies and actions of states may lead the way and inspire important changes nationally and internationally; and WHEREAS, the commonwealth played a leading role in ending the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union in the 1980s, by adopting a nuclear freeze resolution and encouraging other states to follow its example; and WHEREAS, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force as international law on January 22, 2021, has been signed and ratified by 70 countries; and WHEREAS, the legislatures of California, Oregon and Rhode Island, the Maine state senate and the New Jersey assembly, and 21 cities and towns in the commonwealth have taken action to denounce the threat of nuclear war by endorsing the national Back from the Brink platform, which calls on our federal leaders to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to take immediate steps to prevent nuclear war by actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among …

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Sponsors

• Rules, Senate Committee on (I) · primary sponsor
• Michael Moore (D, Second Worcester)
• Natalie Higgins (D, 4th Worcester)
• James Eldridge (D, Middlesex and Worcester)
• David Linsky (D, 5th Middlesex)
• Daniel Donahue (D, 16th Worcester)
• Amy Sangiolo (D)
• Mike Connolly (D, 26th Middlesex)
• James O'Day (D, 14th Worcester)
• Erika Uyterhoeven (D, 27th Middlesex)
• Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norfolk)
• David LeBoeuf (D)

Latest actions

1. August 6, 2026: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2. July 31, 2026: Adopted
3. July 31, 2026: Substituted for S1649
4. July 31, 2026: Recommended new draft for S1649
5. July 31, 2026: Reported from the committee on Senate Rules

Common questions

What is S3247?

S3247 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): Resolutions to call on the congressional delegation to support the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.

What is the status of S3247?

In committee as of August 6, 2026. Latest action: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (August 6, 2026).

Who sponsored S3247?

Rules, Senate Committee on (I), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for S3247?

On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3247