On January 16, 2025, the End of Life Options Act (S.1486/H.2505) was introduced for the 2025-2026 legislative session by Senator Jo Comerford, Representative Jim O’Day and Representative Ted Philips.
On April 2, S.1486/H.2505: An Act Relative to End of Life Options was heard by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health.
On July 30, 2025, H.2505 was reported favorably out of the Joint Committee on Public Health by a vote of 9-1 to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
On October 14, 2025 the Senate bill, S.1486, was reported favorably out of Public Health to Health Care Financing by a vote of 4-0-1.
On November 17, 2025, S.1486 was voted favorably out of Health Care Financing to Senate Ways & Means by a vote of 4-1-2.
We ask that advocates in Massachusetts use the link below to email their legislators and ask them to work to move this session’s bills forward.
The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act would authorize medical aid in dying in Massachusetts, bringing the full range of end-of-life care options to terminally ill Massachusetts residents. Email your lawmakers today and urge them to cosponsor the bill.
An excerpt from The Berkshire Eagle letter to the editor, “End of Life Act provides needed options,” by Williamstown residents Kathy McKnight and David Rempell, published June 25, 2020: “The End of Life Options Act was passed by the state Joint Committee on Public Health on May 29. The bill now moves forward in the…
An excerpt from The Berkshire Eagle letter to the editor, “End of Life Act gives people a choice,” by Williamstown resident Jeanne Marklin, published June 23, 2020: “The End of Life Options Act is not a suicide pact between doctor and patient. It is a matter of giving the dying patient the choice to decide…
An excerpt from the Telegram & Gazette letter to the editor, “ End of Life Options Act must be passed before July 31,” by Warren resident Carol Mays, published June 19, 2020: “With the COVID-19 pandemic, the subject of death has been brought into the forefront of public discourse. However, for those of us…
An excerpt from the Stoughton Journal Online letter to the editor, “Time to pass Kafka’s medical aid-in-dying bill,” by Quincy resident and Compassion & Choices Massachusetts Campaign Manager Brian Monteiro, published June 19, 2020: “Contrary to Matt Valliere’s claims, it is factually incorrect to equate someone who wants to prematurely end their life because they…
An excerpt from The Daily Hampshire Gazette letter to the editor, “Mark Peterson: Urges ‘death with dignity’ bill to become law,” by Easthampton resident Mark Peterson, published June 10, 2020: “Kudos to the Gazette for its May 29 editorial “Time for The End of Life Options Act,” and for its May 30 op-ed article called…
An excerpt from the Telegram & Gazette letter to the editor, “End of Life Options Act should be supported,” by Worcester resident Willa Kahn, MD, published June 12, 2020: “As concerned as I am about the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to add my voice to the letters of Dr. DePrez and Dr. Harrington…
This is an excerpt from the June 1, 2020 edition of the India New England News. Read the full article. BOSTON–Massachusetts supporters of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care option urged state lawmakers to pass the bill after the Joint Committee on Public Health approved it late Friday afternoon…
Massachusetts supporters of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care option urged state lawmakers to pass the bill after the Joint Committee on Public Health approved it late Friday for the first time since it was originally introduced by Rep. Louis L. Kafka in 2011. More than seven out of…
Los partidarios de la medida de ley de Massachusetts que podría autorizar la ayuda médica para morir como una opción de cuidados para fin de vida, hicieron un llamado a los legisladores estatales para que se apruebe dicha medida. Esto ocurrió después que El Comité Conjunto de Salud Pública aprobó el proyecto de ley por…
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