An Act relative to minimizing suffering during the commitment process
Filed by Joan B. Lovely · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
S1173 · Bill · docket SD2310
6 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | Referred to the committee on The Judiciary |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House concurred |
| 2025-11-07 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 |
| 2025-11-18 | Joint | Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 01:00 PM-08:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time |
| 2026-02-05 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
2 committee votes
Judiciary (J) · 2025-12-03 17:30 · Ought to pass
Health Care Financing (J) · 2026-03-30 12:00 · Ought to pass
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.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|
| 2025-11-18 | Judiciary (J) | A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
Committee actions
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.