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An Act relative to civil rights and technology

Reported by Joint Committee on the Judiciary  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4637  ·  Bill

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-23HouseReported from the committee on The Judiciary
2025-10-23HouseNew draft of H1688 and H1978
2025-10-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-05-20HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5444
2026-05-20HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-05-20HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-05-20HouseRules suspended
2026-05-20HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-05-19HouseNew draft substituted, see H5444

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to civil rights and technologyHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Judiciary (J)  ·  2025-10-12 14:17  ·  H1688 - An Act relative to unmanned aerial vehicles

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-05-19 10:45  ·  H.4637 “An Act relative to civil rights and technology” as amended

favorable · 31

no action · 3

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
RedraftJudiciary (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.