Became Chapter 358 of the Acts of 2018.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-23 | House | Referred to the committee on The Judiciary |
| 2017-01-23 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2017-04-24 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 05/02/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 |
| 2018-02-15 | House | Accompanied by S823 |
| 2018-02-15 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2018-03-19 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading |
| 2018-05-21 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2018-10-04 | House | Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 2018-10-09 | Senate | Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 2018-12-27 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass |
| 2018-12-27 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2018-12-27 | House | Enacted |
| 2018-12-27 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2019-01-01 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 358 of the Acts of 2018 |
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-02 | Judiciary (J) | A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
| Action | Committee |
|---|---|
| Favorable | Judiciary (J) |
| Place in OD | Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H) |
| Correctly Drawn | Bills in the Third Reading (H) |
| Favorable | Ways and Means (S) |
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.