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An Act relative to the best interests of children

Filed by Sheila C. Harrington  ·  25 cosponsors  ·  188th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4058  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4159

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2014-03-26HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2014-04-30HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on the Judiciary
2014-05-01SenateSenate concurred
2014-05-22JointHearing scheduled for 05/28/2014 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2014-06-02HouseDischarged to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2014-06-05SenateSenate concurred
2014-07-17HouseCommittee recommended ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10)
2014-07-17HouseRules suspended
2014-07-17HouseRecommitted to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2014-09-29HouseAccompanied a study order, see H4494

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabiliti (J)  ·  2014-07-14 13:00  ·  Please vote favorable to be placed into study?

favorable · 6

adverse · 1

reserve right · 1

no action · 9

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2014-05-28Judiciary (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeJudiciary (J)
Suspend RulesRules (H)
AccompaniedChildren, Families and Persons with Disabiliti (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.