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An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  8 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2394  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1289

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-06JointHearing scheduled for 06/11/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-07-24HouseAccompanied by H2521
2025-07-24HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-07-07 12:00  ·  Should H2394, An Act to restrict the use of polystyrene, accompanied by H2521, An Act to prohibit the use of polystyrene foam food containers be reported out with Recommendation: Ought to pass, report to the House?

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
2025-06-11Public Health (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (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.