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An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy

Filed by Jack Patrick Lewis  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H629  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1979

10 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
2025-08-07HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-10-29HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4671
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 H4671

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracyHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Education (J)  ·  2025-07-23 17:00  ·  Should H.629 be reported favorably to the House?

favorable · 10

no action · 1

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-10-28 10:45  ·  H.629 “An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy” as amended

favorable · 31

reserve right · 1

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

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEducation (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.