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An Act establishing a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights

Filed by Joanne M. Comerford  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  192nd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S87  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD640

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2021-03-29SenateReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2021-03-29HouseHouse concurred
2021-06-04JointHearing scheduled for 06/15/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-11-03SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2022-06-23SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2022-06-23SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, June 30, 2022
2022-06-27SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2954
2022-06-30SenateRead second
2022-06-30SenateNew draft substituted, see S2954

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act establishing a Foster Parents' Bill of RightsSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2022-06-24 10:30  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 16

reserve right · 1

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
2021-06-15Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)Virtual Hearing, 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.