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An Act to amend the structure of the Commission of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Filed by Paul J. Donato  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H225  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2314

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
2025-05-06JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-08-28HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-09-18HouseDischarged to the committee on House Rules
2026-03-05HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-29HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5610
2026-07-29HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-07-29HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-07-29HouseRules suspended
2026-07-29HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-29HouseNew draft substituted, see H5610

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to the structure of the commission on the status of grandparents raising grandchildrenHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2025-08-04 17:00  ·  Poll on H225

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-07-28 10:45  ·  H.225 “An Act to amend the structure of the Commission of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” as amended

favorable · 32

no action · 2

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
2025-05-13Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (J)
FavorableRules (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.