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CivicRadar.Massachusetts · 2026 session · Adoptive or foster parent
Bills affecting Adoptive or foster parent in Massachusetts (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 46 active Massachusetts bills this session that affect adoptive or foster parent constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the adoptive or foster parent community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01MA · H197Introduced
Resolve for a foster care liability insurance special commission
- 02MA · H726In committee
To establish a community schools special legislative commission
- 03MA · H3416In committee
Resolutions urging Congress to pass legislation establishing a national infrastructure bank
- 04MA · H3827In committee
Resolutions urging the Congress of the United States to update the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and remove excessive training requirements mandated for obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine
- 05MA · H3828In committee
Resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to declare the city of Quincy as the most patriotic city in America
- 06MA · H5024On floor
Resolve for a foster care and child care liability insurance special commission
- 07MA · S1649Introduced
Resolutions to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and move the US back from the brink of nuclear war
- 08MA · S1977Introduced
Reducing the costs for adoption
- 09MA · H92On floor
Creating the Massachusetts digital equity broadband adoption program
- 10MA · S106On floor
Transferring foster care review responsibilities to the Office of the Child Advocate
- 11MA · S131On floor
To assure quality foster care
- 12MA · H4599On floor
Establishing a bill of rights for children in foster care
- 13MA · H250On floor
Relative to foster care recruitment
- 14MA · H1310On floor
To incentivize the adoption of local climate resilience policies
- 15MA · H3246On floor
To promote adoption
- 16MA · S2617On floor
Granting the city of Worcester the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans
- 17MA · H4656On floor
To preserve family and sibling bonds for children in foster care
- 18MA · S161On floor
Providing for a guaranteed cash stipend for young adults transitioning out of foster care
- 19MA · S176On floor
Encouraging the adoption of smart growth and starter home zoning districts
- 20MA · H3842Introduced
Resolutions for a United States constitutional amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention
- What adoptive or foster parent bills are moving in Massachusetts in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 46 Massachusetts bills this session that affect adoptive or foster parent constituents including Resolve for a foster care liability insurance special commission; To establish a community schools special legislative commission; Resolutions urging Congress to pass legislation establishing a national infrastructure bank.
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- Enter your ZIP code on the CivicRadar home page. CivicRadar looks up your state and federal representatives automatically, and every bill page includes a tool to email or call them directly.
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect adoptive or foster parent people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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