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An Act eliminating archaic language pertaining to individuals with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Filed by Patricia D. Jehlen  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  190th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S50  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1757

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2017-01-23SenateReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2017-01-23HouseHouse concurred
2017-11-02JointHearing canceled – new hearing TBD
2017-12-05JointHearing scheduled for 12/05/17 from 12:00PM-5:00PM in B-1
2018-02-14SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2018-07-11SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2594
2018-07-11SenateRules suspended
2018-07-11SenateRead second
2018-07-11SenateNew draft substituted, see S2594

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act eliminating archaic language pertaining to individuals with disabilities in the Commonwealth of MassachusettsSenate Committee on RulesAdopted

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2018-02-01 15:00  ·  Please Vote?

favorable · 10

reserve right · 1

no action · 3

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

Public hearings

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2017-11-14Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCanceled
2017-12-05Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
Place in the OD with Recommended AmendmentRules (S)

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.