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An Act relative to health equity and community health workers

Filed by Robyn K. Kennedy  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S251  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1730

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-08-11SenateDischarged to the committee on Public Health
2025-08-14HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-19JointHearing scheduled for 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-09-29JointHearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-09-29JointHearing rescheduled to 09/29/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-01-07SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-02-26SenateAccompanied a study order, see S2972

1 committee vote

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-12-02 16:30  ·  Favorable

favorable · 5

reserve right · 1

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
2025-09-29Public Health (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
FavorablePublic Health (J)
AccompaniedHealth Care Financing (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.