An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment ("The PROTECT Act")

Filed by Andres X. Vargas · 94 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

H5158 · Bill · docket HD5608

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2026-01-29	House	Referred to the committee on House Rules
2026-02-02	House	Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2026-02-25	Senate	Senate concurred
2026-03-06	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 03/18/2026 from 09:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-2
2026-03-18	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 03/18/2026 from 09:00 AM-12:45 PM in A-2 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-23	House	Accompanied a new draft, see H5293

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

Date	Committee	Where	Status
2026-03-18	Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)	A-2, 24 Beacon Street, Boston	Completed

Action	Committee
Suspend Rules	Rules (H)
Accompanied	Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)

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.