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

S2143  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1872

6 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
2025-10-06JointHearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-10-06JointHearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-12-24SenateReporting date extended to Saturday January 31, 2026
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)  ·  2026-01-30 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 1

reserve right · 2

no action · 3

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
2025-10-14State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)

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.