An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops

Filed by Adam J. Scanlon · 10 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

H4319 · Bill · docket HD4490

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2025-03-27	House	Referred to the committee on House Rules
2025-04-03	House	Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Agriculture
2025-07-24	Senate	Senate concurred
2025-09-04	House	Discharged to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-09-08	Senate	Senate concurred
2025-10-10	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
	House	Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
2026-05-07	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5369 (under House Rule 27)
2026-05-18	House	Reported from the committee on House Rules
2026-05-18	House	Reported on the residue of H5369
2026-05-18	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-08	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-08	House	Rules suspended
2026-06-08	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

Date	Committee	Where	Status
2025-10-21	Environment and Natural Resources (J)	A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston	Completed

Action	Committee
Suspend Rules	Rules (H)
Discharge to Another Committee	Agriculture and Fisheries
Accompanied	Environment and Natural Resources (J)
Favorable	Rules (H)
Place in OD	Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

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.