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An Act protecting vulnerable adults from financial exploitation

Reported by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5300  ·  Bill

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-03-26HouseReported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2026-03-26HouseNew draft of H296
2026-03-26HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-23HouseRules suspended
2026-04-23HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2026-03-18 16:00  ·  Poll on H296 (as redrafted, see email)

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)
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.