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Filed by James B. Eldridge  ·  11 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2099  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD467

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-07-14SenateDischarged to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-07-16HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-03JointHearing scheduled for 09/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-1 and virtual
2025-12-24SenateReporting date extended to Saturday January 31, 2026
2026-02-09SenateAccompanied by S2105 and S2210
2026-02-09SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)  ·  2026-01-12 15:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 4

no action · 2

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
2025-09-09State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (J)
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (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.