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An Act relative to amending certain use restrictions for the Foxborough State Hospital

Filed by Paul R. Feeney  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2025.

S2141  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1852

25 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
2025-04-04JointHearing scheduled for 04/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-07-10SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-10-09SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass
2025-10-09SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2025-10-09SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, October 16, 2025
2025-10-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-16SenateRules suspended
2025-10-16SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-20HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-11-18HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-18HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4765) pending
2025-11-18HouseRules suspended
2025-11-18HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-11-18HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-19HouseRules suspended
2025-11-19HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-19SenateRules suspended
2025-11-19SenateSenate concurred the House amendment
2025-11-19HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2025-11-19SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2025-11-19HouseEnacted
2025-11-19SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-11-24ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2025

2 committee votes

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-10-09 12:30  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 14

reserve right · 2

no action · 2

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-11-18 10:45  ·  S.2141 “An Act relative to amending certain use restrictions for the Foxborough State Hospital” as amended

favorable · 31

reserve right · 1

no action · 4

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
2025-04-09State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
FavorableWays and Means (S)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.