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An Act to rename the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, MassAbility, to reflect the self-determination and limitless possibilities of people with disabilities

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2024.

H4528  ·  Bill

20 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2024-04-03HouseReported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2024-04-03HousePending new draft of H4161
2024-04-03HouseNew draft of H4161
2024-04-03HouseOrdered to a third reading
2024-04-03HouseRules suspended
2024-04-03HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2024-04-04SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2024-08-29SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2941
2024-08-29SenateRules suspended
2024-08-29SenateRead second
2024-08-29SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2941
2024-08-29SenateOrdered to a third reading
2024-08-29SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2024-09-03HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2024-09-05HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2024-09-05HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2024-09-05SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2024-09-05HouseEnacted
2024-09-05SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2024-09-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2024

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act to rename the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, MassAbility, to reflect the self-determination and limitless possibilities of people with disabilitiesSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2024-08-29 10:30  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 14

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.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Maura T. Healey

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.