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An Act prohibiting cell phone usage during the school day

Filed by Jeffrey Rosario Turco  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H720  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2819

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Education
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-06JointHearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-09-15HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, December 17, 2025
2025-11-17HouseAccompanied a new draft, see H4745

1 committee vote

Education (J)  ·  2025-11-10 18:15  ·  Should H.720 be reported favorably to the House, accompanying H.666?

favorable · 11

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
2025-06-17Education (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedEducation (J)

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.