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An Act ensuring access to behavioral health services for children involved with state agencies

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H213  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1297

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-08-27JointHearing scheduled for 09/09/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-2
2025-12-04HouseReporting date extended to Friday, January 30, 2026
2025-12-31HouseAccompanied a study order, see H4883
2025-12-31HouseReported from the committee on House Rules
2025-12-31HouseReported on a part of H4883
2025-12-31HouseRecommitted to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2026-02-02HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-19HouseReporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026
2026-08-06HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committees on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2026-08-13HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2026-07-30 17:00  ·  Poll on H213

favorable · 11

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
2025-09-09Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
FavorableRules (H)
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
FavorableRules (J)

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.