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An Act to end child marriage in Massachusetts

Filed by Harriette L. Chandler  ·  36 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S24  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD343

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-01-22SenateReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2019-01-22HouseHouse concurred
2019-03-12JointHearing scheduled for 03/26/2019 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2019-06-06SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-07-18SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2019-07-18SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 25, 2019
2019-07-25SenateRead second
2019-07-25SenateNew draft substituted, see S2294

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act to end child marriage in MassachusettsSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2019-05-31 16:00  ·  Do you agree with the motion that the bill be reported favorably by committee?

favorable · 17

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2019-07-18 13:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 18

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
2019-03-26Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.