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An Act dignifying individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Filed by Patricia D. Jehlen  ·  16 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S137  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1115

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-06-03JointHearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-06-23SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
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 (Creem) 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 S2563

2 amendments filed

2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Dignifying individuals who are deaf or hard of hearingCynthia Stone CreemAdopted
Senate 2Corrective AmendmentJoan B. LovelyAdopted

1 committee vote

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

favorable · 7

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
2025-06-10Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (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.