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An Act establishing the official sedimentary structure of the Commonwealth

Filed by Susannah M. Whipps  ·  13 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3438  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD548

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-18JointHearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-25HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2025-10-30HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-26HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-26HouseRules suspended
2025-11-26HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-10HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-13SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

1 committee vote

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)  ·  2025-10-21 12:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 9

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
2025-06-24State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.