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An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker

Reported by House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading  ·  24 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025.

H4645  ·  Bill

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-22HouseSubstituted for H1877
2025-10-22HousePassed to be engrossed - 160 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 93)
2025-10-23SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-11-06SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2697
2025-11-06SenateAlso based on S2531
2025-11-06SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-11-06SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2025
2025-11-13SenateRead second
2025-11-13SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2697
2025-11-13SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-13SenateRead third
2025-11-13SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #98 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
2025-11-17HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2025-11-24HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
2025-11-24SenateRules suspended
2025-11-24SenateSenate concurred in the House further amendment
2025-11-24HouseEnacted
2025-11-24SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-12-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-10-22 13:56HouseNo. 93On passing to be engrossed160–0
2025-11-13SenateNo. 98Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #98 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)38–0

5 amendments filed

3 withdrawn  ·  2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Including Private Employees of Railroads Performing Public Services in Assault and Battery ProtectionsKathleen R. LaNatraWithdrawn
House 2Including Corrections Officers and DOC StaffJonathan D. ZlotnikWithdrawn
House 3Including Health Care Workers in Assault and Battery ProtectionsFrancisco E. PaulinoWithdrawn
House 4Further Amendment Thomas P. WalshAdopted
Senate 1An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker Senate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-11-06 11:45  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 17

reserve right · 1

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
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.