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An Act establishing an advisory committee on the accessibility of fresh food retail in communities throughout the Commonwealth

Filed by Jacob R. Oliveira  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1616  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2425

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-08-29JointHearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in B-2
2025-09-10JointHearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:35 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-03SenateBill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-11-24SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-10-17 18:00  ·  Favorable with changes

favorable · 5

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
2025-09-10Public Health (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with ChangesPublic Health (J)
FavorableRules (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.