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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.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-24JointHearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-25JointHearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-10-08JointHearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:55 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-24SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-03-30SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-03-30SenateRules suspended
2026-03-30SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-23SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-06-23SenateRead third
2026-06-23SenateNew draft substituted (Creem), see S3142

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act removing the term hearing impaired from the General LawsCynthia Stone CreemAdopted

2 committee votes

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)  ·  2025-12-03 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

no action · 1

Rules (S)  ·  2026-03-10 17:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 7

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
2025-10-08State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Place in ODRules (S)

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.