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An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction

Reported by Joint Committee on the Judiciary  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5031  ·  Bill

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-02HouseReported from the committee on The Judiciary
2026-02-02HouseNew draft of H1941
2026-02-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-02HouseRules suspended
2026-03-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Judiciary (J)  ·  2026-01-16 14:32  ·  An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction

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
RedraftJudiciary (J)
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.