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An Act enhancing child welfare protections

Reported by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities  ·  5 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4416  ·  Bill

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-08-28HouseReported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2025-08-28HouseNew draft of H227 and H262
2025-08-28HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-10-22HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4644
2025-10-22HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2025-10-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2025-10-22HouseRules suspended
2025-10-22HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-10-22HouseNew draft substituted, see H4644

2 committee votes

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2025-08-04 17:00  ·  Poll on H262 (As redrafted, see attachment in email. Accompanied by H227)

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-10-21 10:45  ·  H.4416 “An Act enhancing child welfare protections” as amended

favorable · 24

reserve right · 8

no action · 4

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
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.