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An Act to preserve family and sibling bonds for children in foster care

Reported by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities  ·  6 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4656  ·  Bill

3 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-29HouseReported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2025-10-29HouseNew draft of H268, H269 and H270
2025-10-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2025-10-20 10:00  ·  Poll on H268 (As redrafted, see attachment in email. Accompanied by H269 and H270)

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.