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H561 • 2025

An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM

An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM

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Sponsor
Mindy Domb
Last action
2025-11-17
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM

An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM By Representative Domb of Amherst, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM By Representative Domb of Amherst, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 561) of Mindy Domb and others for legislation to further regulate the STEM program.
  • Education.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-17 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-09-02 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 11:00 AM-5:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act advancing Massachusetts from STEM to STEAM
By Representative Domb of Amherst, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 561) of Mindy Domb and others for legislation to further regulate the STEM program. Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.561

SECTION 1. Section 218 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “engineering” in the title, the following word: -, art.

SECTION 2. Said section is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “engineering” in line 1, the following word: -, art.

SECTION 3. Said section is hereby further amended in subsection (a) by inserting after the word “engineering” the following word: -, art.

SECTION 4. Said section is hereby further amended by striking the word “STEM” each time it appears and inserting in place thereof: - STEAM.

SECTION 5. Section 6H of chapter 40J of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “engineering”, the following word: -, art.

SECTION 6. Said section is hereby further amended by striking the word “STEM” and inserting in place thereof: - STEAM.

SECTION 7. Section 35QQ of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by inserting after the word “engineering” the following word: -, art.

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