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An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops

Filed by Natalie M. Higgins  ·  75 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H967  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1530

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-10JointHearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-01-20HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-12HouseAccompanied by H893 and H943
2026-03-12HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-13HousePlaced in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading

1 committee vote

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2026-03-06 12:51  ·  Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably?

favorable · 8

reserve right · 2

no action · 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
2025-10-21Environment and Natural Resources (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment and Natural Resources (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.