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Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA)
Mass. S.2619 (formerly S.2608); House substitute H.5472/H.5479, 194th Gen. Ct.
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
In reconciliation between two chambers, dated 17 June 2026, as of 12 September 2026.
A comprehensive regime rule binding private bodies.
As of 28 August 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is Senate print S.2619, the text of S.2608 as amended and passed by the Senate. That print is S.2619, published 25 September 2025.
Locally, this stage is committee of conference.
The stage above is recorded at malegislature.gov.
The Senate declined to concur in the House amendment on 11 June 2026 and appointed conferees; the House insisted on its amendment and appointed its own on 17 June 2026. No conference report is recorded. Formal sessions of the 194th General Court ended on 31 July 2026, and a bill not enacted before the term of the 194th General Court ends would have to be filed again.
What it requires
- Track the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act's conference committee process; it has passed both chambers in different forms but is not yet law and imposes no duty today.
What this law does
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The Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA) would establish the state's first comprehensive consumer personal-data regime; it is not enacted and imposes no duty today. Originally S.2608, it passed the Senate 40-0 on September 25, 2025, was engrossed as S.2619, and was amended by the House (Ways and Means reported a substitute striking the text and inserting H.5472, itself amended and republished as H.5479) before passing the House 146-0 on June 4, 2026.
The Senate non-concurred in the House amendment on June 11, 2026 and appointed a conference committee; the House insisted on its own amendment and appointed its own conferees on June 17, 2026. As of the date shown, the bill remains in conference with no compromise text produced.
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Read the law
official Massachusetts Legislature bill history, malegislature.gov
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