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An Act to establish the Massachusetts judicial security act

Filed by John C. Velis  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1278  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1110

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-29JointHearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-11-04JointHearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-04JointHearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-18SenateAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S2886

1 committee vote

Judiciary (J)  ·  2025-12-02 17:30  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 2

no action · 4

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
2025-11-04Judiciary (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedJudiciary (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.