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An Act relative to consumer protection for prescription drug purchases

Filed by James T. Welch  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S733  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD839

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-01-22SenateReferred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2019-01-22HouseHouse concurred
2019-03-27JointHearing scheduled for 04/11/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
2019-07-02SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-11-07SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2019-11-07SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2397
2019-11-07SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 14, 2019
2019-11-14SenateRead second
2019-11-14SenateNew draft substituted, see S2397

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparencySenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2019-11-07 10:35  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment

favorable · 13

reserve right · 2

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 hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2019-04-11Health Care Financing (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableHealth Care Financing (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.