Massachusetts House Bill 1537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-18 - Senate concurred
Pending: Joint Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

By Messrs. Rogers of Cambridge and Day of Stoneham, a petition of David M. Rogers, Michael S. Day and others establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases. The Judiciary.

Establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases

Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Michael Day [D]	Rep. Kevin Honan [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]
Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]
Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Rep. Antonio Cabral [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. James Kelcourse [R]
Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]	Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]
Rep. Joseph McGonagle [D]	Rep. Marcos Devers [D]	Rep. Daniel Hunt [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]
Sen. Brendan Crighton [D]	Rep. Denise Garlick [D]	Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]
Rep. Harold Naughton [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Rep. Aaron Vega [D]	Rep. Andres Vargas [D]
Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Sen. Paul Mark [D]	Rep. Russell Holmes [D]
Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]
Sen. Harriette Chandler [D]	Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]
Sen. Cindy Friedman [D]	Rep. Joan Meschino [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-18	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-05-11	House	Reporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-02-10	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-02-03	House	Reporting date extended to Tuesday May 12, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-07-08	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/16/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary

H2720 (Similar To) 2020-11-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H5103
H1358 (Similar To) 2020-11-25 - Accompanied a study order, see H5148
H2330 (Similar To) 2019-05-15 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H3350 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S850 (Similar To) 2020-08-06 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4934
S913 (Similar To) 2020-08-10 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S950 (Similar To) 2020-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S1555 (Similar To) 2019-05-16 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H3416 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1537
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1537.pdf