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An Act expanding the definition of dependent for the purposes of municipal employee benefits as to the city of Cambridge

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3924  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4279

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-20HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-12-15SenateSenate concurred
2026-01-17JointHearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-01-27JointHearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-04-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-23HouseRules suspended
2026-04-23HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-03-28 15:09  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 10

no action · 1

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
2026-01-27Public Service (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
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.