Massachusetts House Bill 181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-24 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to local journalism in underserved communities. Community Development and Small Businesses.

Establishing a commission to study journalism in underserved communities

Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]	Sen. Brendan Crighton [D]	Rep. Patrick Kearney [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]
Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Andres Vargas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-24	House	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
2019-06-18	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/10/2019 from 02:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2019-06-17	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 06/18/2019 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

H2060 (Similar To) 2020-06-22 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
S1861 (Similar To) 2020-06-29 - Discharged to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H190 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
H2245 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
S1455 (Similar To) 2020-05-28 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1470 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H1262 (Similar To) 2020-09-28 - Accompanied a study order, see H4974
H3303 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S1223 (Similar To) 2020-06-18 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2765
S2221 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2531
S2223 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2533
H4020 (Similar To) 2019-08-01 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 49 of the Acts of 2019
S2309 (Similar To) 2019-08-08 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S2321 (Similar To) 2020-03-12 - House concurred
H4070 (Similar To) 2020-10-08 - Accompanied a study order, see H5032
H4179 (Similar To) 2020-07-31 - Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
S2437 (Similar To) 2020-01-29 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2020
S2446 (Similar To) 2021-01-11 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2020

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H181
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H181.pdf