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An Act creating an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth

Filed by Liz Miranda  ·  9 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1725  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1630

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-10-01JointHearing scheduled for 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-10-15JointHearing rescheduled to 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-10-15JointHearing rescheduled to 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:20 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-01-22SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2026-04-01SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)  ·  2025-12-03 13:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

reserve right · 1

no action · 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
2025-10-15Public Safety and Homeland Security (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Safety and Homeland Security (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.