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H4653 • 2025

An Act protecting public higher education student information

An Act protecting public higher education student information

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Sponsor
Higher Education (J)
Last action
2025-11-13
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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An Act protecting public higher education student information

An Act protecting public higher education student information Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

  • An Act protecting public higher education student information Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2025-11-13 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-11-13 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-11-13 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-27 House

    Reported from the committee on Higher Education

  5. 2025-10-27 House

    New draft of H1451

  6. 2025-10-27 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Official Summary Text

An Act protecting public higher education student information
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4653

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.

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