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An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employees

Filed by Jack Patrick Lewis  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2896  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1989

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-25JointHearing scheduled for 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-10-06JointHearing rescheduled to 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-01HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5551
2026-07-01HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-07-01HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-07-01HouseRules suspended
2026-07-01HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-01HouseNew draft substituted, see H5551

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employeesHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-11-14 13:23  ·  Joint Committee on Public Service

favorable · 9

no action · 2

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-06-30 10:45  ·  H.2896 “An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employees” as amended

favorable · 28

no action · 6

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
2025-10-06Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.