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An Act establishing a bill of rights for children in foster care

Reported by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities  ·  8 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4599  ·  Bill

3 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-15HouseReported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2025-10-15HouseNew draft of H235, H236, H246, H249, H258, H259, H265 and H266
2025-10-15HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2025-10-03 17:00  ·  Poll on H235 (As redrafted, see attachment in email. Accompanied by H.249, H.246, H.236, H.266, H.265, H.258, and H.259)

favorable · 11

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)

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.