April 12th, 2026 Meeting

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

Recording:

Decisions/Endorsements

An Act relative to protecting access to applied behavior analysis services in schools

JoeO mentioned An Act relative to protecting access to applied behavior analysis services in schools which he urged us to support.

Actions to oppose S.2581

The Mass. House amended S.2581, to add an Internet account ban for anyone younger than 14 and to require 14-15 year olds to get their parents to allow them to get an account. Some hackable age verification software will likely be required which will mean that anyone older than 16 will need to prove they are over sixteen, with all the privacy implications of that. The bill text is in Amendment H.5366.

Let's brainstorm actions we can take to oppose this bill.

Projects/Events

Pirate News

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for every other Sunday, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

2027 Campaigns & Voter Outreach

Leader: Jamie

2026 Campaign Plan

Participants

• Eli
• Jamie
• Joe
• Steve

Summary

Reports

• USPP pages for the national conference are up
• The Mass House voted favorably on an age verification bill. Some groups are working to encourage the senate not to adopt the house bill.

Decisions/Endorsements

• H.4927. Video of 2/10/2026 Joint Committee on education hearing: https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5543. Motion to endorse passes.
• House passed a bill that would prohibit kids under 14 from having social media accounts. In this case "social media" is broadly defined and would include sites like wikipedia. Motion to endorse Fight for the Future's letter passes.

USPP

• US Conference theme has been announced: hoist the color and spill the tea.

National Party Conference

• We'll need sign-up pages for speakers and participants

Pirate News

• Last edition to be up soon
• Recording next Sunday, April 19th, 7pm