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An Act relative to recess for elementary and middle school students

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  28 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H543  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2222

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Education
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-04-22JointHearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2026-02-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-05HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-05HouseRules suspended
2026-03-05HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Education (J)  ·  2025-09-05 14:00  ·  Should H.543 reported favorably to the House? 

favorable · 10

reserve right · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-06Education (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEducation (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.