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An Act to protect equity in real estate transactions

Filed by Bruce E. Tarr  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S833  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2481

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Financial Services
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-11-07JointHearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-11-07JointHearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to include Virtual
2025-11-14JointHearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-11-18JointHearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-18JointHearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-18JointHearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-04-21SenateReporting date extended to Monday May 4, 2026
2026-06-04SenateReporting date extended to Friday June 12, 2026
2026-07-01SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Financial Services (J)  ·  2026-06-12 15:30  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-11-18Financial Services (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableFinancial Services (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.