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An Act limiting the use of prison labor

Reported by Joint Committee on the Judiciary  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5125  ·  Bill

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-19HouseReported from the committee on The Judiciary
2026-02-19HouseNew draft of H1597
2026-02-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-19HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-19HouseRules suspended
2026-03-19HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Judiciary (J)  ·  2026-02-13 15:27  ·  An Act limiting the use of prison labor

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.