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An Act to strengthen laws combatting human trafficking and protecting survivors of modern-day slavery

Filed by Mark C. Montigny  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1197  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2191

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-16JointHearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2026-02-05SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-06-18SenateAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S3129

1 committee vote

Judiciary (J)  ·  2025-12-03 17:30  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 3

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
2025-09-23Judiciary (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableJudiciary (J)
AccompaniedHealth Care Financing (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.