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An Act relative to the strengthening of financial literacy throughout the commonwealth

Filed by John J. Lawn, Jr.  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H627  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4074

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Education
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-02JointHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 11:00 AM-5:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-10-23HouseAccompanied by H594 and H636
2025-10-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-10-23HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-10-29HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H4670
2025-10-29HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2025-10-29HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2025-10-29HouseRules suspended
2025-10-29HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-10-29HouseNew draft substituted, see H4670

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to personal financial literacy educationHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Education (J)  ·  2025-10-23 10:28  ·  Should H.627 be reported as favorably to the House, accompanied by H636, H46, and H594?

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-10-28 10:45  ·  H.627 “An Act relative to the strengthening of financial literacy throughout the commonwealth” as amended

favorable · 26

reserve right · 6

no action · 4

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
2025-09-16Education (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEducation (J)
FavorableRules (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
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.