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An Act relative to insurance claims

Filed by Joan B. Lovely  ·  22 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 187 of the Acts of 2026.

S785  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2387

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Financial Services
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-05-07JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-11-10SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-07-13SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-13SenateRules suspended
2026-07-13SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-13HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-20HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-07-20HouseRules suspended
2026-07-20HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-30HouseRules suspended
2026-07-30HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-30HouseEnacted
2026-07-31SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-08-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 187 of the Acts of 2026

2 committee votes

Financial Services (J)  ·  2025-11-03 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Rules (S)  ·  2026-07-08 17:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 5

reserve right · 2

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
2025-05-13Financial Services (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableFinancial Services (J)
Place in ODRules (S)
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.