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An Act relative to child protection

Filed by David T. Vieira  ·  137 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2042  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2535

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-05JointHearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
HouseReported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
2026-03-26HouseAccompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-06-10Judiciary (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedJudiciary (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Pam Vidal
  • Susan C. Daniels
  • Diane Sue Dorrington
  • Deborah Aguiar
  • Kari MacRae
  • Kelley Jaye Sardina
  • William Winters
  • Erich Horgan
  • Elizabeth Doughty
  • Shelley A. McMahon
  • Karen Thomas
  • John Paul Moran
  • Carol Goss
  • Janet Ryder
  • Andrea L. Keohane
  • Christina O'Shea
  • Kathryn P. Hubby
  • Robert N. Hubby
  • Fay Hudson
  • Keri Malm
  • Kristopher Malm
  • Bonnie Haas
  • John Densler
  • Marcy McCauley
  • Scot McCauley
  • Phyllis Sprout
  • Leslie Trager
  • Anita Texeira
  • Joanne Miksis
  • Francis Taylor
  • Erica Aucoin
  • Elizabeth Brown
  • Bill Kirwin
  • Michael McGee
  • Margaret B. Reali
  • Janet Morris
  • Kathleen Brosnahan
  • Judith Barnwell
  • Mary Reynolds
  • Linda Anne Hickling
  • Paula Wiseman
  • Barbara Cannon
  • Marylou Rocha
  • Virginia Apel
  • Jessica Edsall
  • Amanda Pearce
  • David Cromwick
  • Gerardo Viglione
  • Ellen D'Ovidio
  • Samuel D. Miele
  • Jeff Myers
  • Debbie Myers
  • Patricia McLean
  • Sarah Means
  • Brian Dorrington, Sr.
  • Dr. Anne Mulhern
  • Cindy Rogers
  • Laureen Knowles
  • Pamela Sosnowski
  • Anthony Ventresca
  • Maria Alex
  • Alley Catyb
  • Penelope Caicedo
  • Lisa Ann Adams
  • Molly Bergman
  • Eric R. Imbornone
  • Stephen Daniels
  • Philip Scheurer
  • Charles A. LoPresto
  • Kelly A. LoPresto
  • Dara Midwood
  • Kristen Brissette
  • Sally Hockenbury
  • Mary O’Sullivan
  • Sabine Cappa
  • Stacy M. Byrne
  • Mary F. McGurn
  • Tomas Etzold
  • John Knowles
  • Christopher Sennott
  • Bernadette Lyons
  • John R. Gaskey
  • Karen Bolger
  • Jeffrey Bolger
  • Gene J. Parini
  • Suzanne Buzanoski
  • David Buzanoski
  • Joyce Kaye
  • Karen M. Thomas
  • Keith Dorrington
  • Kimberly Brooks
  • Carlos Aguilera
  • John Pepi
  • Timothy Hickey
  • Kathleen M. Scanlon
  • Grace Tucci
  • Brandon Edsall
  • Stephen Marsh
  • Robert F. Brown
  • Christos Alex
  • Blake Robertson
  • Dianna Saunders
  • Christina Howell
  • James Lyons
  • Amy Durant
  • Richard Dorrington
  • Bob Volpe
  • Jessi Buckmaster
  • Avery Talbot
  • Philip Minasi
  • Lisa Blais
  • David Rizza
  • Patricia N. Rizza
  • Brooke Brandow
  • Andrison Carrera
  • Jason McCutchen
  • Marylou Rocha 
  • Chelsea Derks 
  • George Perivolarakis
  • Deborah R. Dugan
  • Matthew Quilitzsch
  • Penny Scholl
  • Yoshika Sangal
  • Artem Orlov
  • Robin Kikuchi
  • Devansh Bajaj
  • Judith Walker
  • Kara Vanicsek
  • Lois Libby
  • Janice D. Busalacchi
  • John T. Sardina
  • John Burrows
  • Tracy Payne
  • Richard Kelleher
  • Peter Coleman
  • David K. Hines
  • Sharon Hoff

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.