An Act relative to removing the term hearing impaired from the general laws
Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
S2120 · Bill · docket SD755
12 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight |
| 2025-02-27 | House | House concurred |
| 2025-09-24 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 |
| 2025-09-25 | Joint | Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing location changed |
| 2025-10-08 | Joint | Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:55 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time |
| 2025-12-24 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-06-23 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-06-23 | Senate | Read third |
| 2026-06-23 | Senate | New draft substituted (Creem), see S3142 |
1 amendments filed
1 adopted
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| Senate 1 | An Act removing the term hearing impaired from the General Laws | Cynthia Stone Creem | Adopted |
2 committee votes
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J) · 2025-12-03 14:00 · Ought to pass
Rules (S) · 2026-03-10 17:00 · Placed in the Orders of the Day
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Public hearing
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