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An Act to close the achievement gap by addressing disparities in children's vision

Filed by Michael O. Moore  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S166  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD591

5 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
2025-11-07JointHearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-12-24SenateBill 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

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2025-11-24 16:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-11-18Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (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.