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Filed by William N. Brownsberger  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1034  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD33

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-04-01JointHearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-06-12SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-06-18SenateDischarged to the committee on Senate Rules
2025-07-17SenateAlso based on S1251
2025-07-17SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday July 24, 2025
2025-07-24SenateRead second
2025-07-24SenateAmendment #1 (DiDomenico) adopted
2025-07-24SenateAmendment #2 (Lovely) adopted
2025-07-24SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-07-24SenateRead third (title changed)
2025-07-24SenateReprinted as amended, see S2564
2025-10-14JointHearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-2

2 amendments filed

2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Petit TreasonSal N. DiDomenicoAdopted
Senate 2Reporting Joan B. LovelyAdopted

2 committee votes

Judiciary (J)  ·  2025-06-11 11:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Rules (S)  ·  2025-07-17 13:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day for July 24, 2025

favorable · 6

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
2025-04-08Judiciary (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableJudiciary (J)
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (J)
Place in the OD for Specific DateRules (S)

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.