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An Act to transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health

Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem  ·  5 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1386  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD241

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-03JointHearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2026-01-08SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-02-09SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

2 committee votes

Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery (J)  ·  2025-12-02 12:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

reserve right · 1

no action · 1

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2026-01-26 12:00  ·  Ought to pass

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
2025-10-14Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMental Health, Substance Use and Recovery (J)
FavorableHealth Care Financing (J)

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.