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An Act addressing challenges facing public libraries and digital resource collections

Filed by Brian W. Murray  ·  19 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3595  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1221

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-10JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-10-06HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-10-29HouseDischarged to the committee on House Rules
2025-11-18HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)  ·  2025-09-18 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

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
2025-07-22Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTourism, Arts and Cultural Development (J)
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (J)
FavorableRules (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.