Massachusetts House Bill 2359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-10-02 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2170
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to making comprehensive changes to the criminal justice system of the Commonwealth. The Judiciary.

To reduce the criminalization of poverty

Rep. Chynah Tyler [D]	Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Sen. William Brownsberger [D]	Rep. Gailanne Cariddi [D]
Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]
Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]
Sen. Linda Forry [D]	Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]
Rep. Paul Heroux [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Jay Kaufman [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]
Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]
Rep. Juana Matias [D]	Rep. Frank Moran [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]
Rep. Byron Rushing [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Chris Walsh [D]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-02	Senate	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170
2017-06-05	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 06/05/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2017-05-26	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 06/05/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 & A-2
2017-01-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2017-01-23	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary

S1313 (Similar To) 2018-01-29 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S777 (Similar To) 2017-10-02 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2170
H2276 (Similar To) 2018-08-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4874
H2308 (Similar To) 2017-10-02 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2170
H1969 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
H888 (Similar To) 2017-10-02 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2170
H3611 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
S2170 (Replaced by) 2017-11-02 - Ways and Means amendment adopted, as amended, see S2185
S2495 (Similar To) 2018-04-26 - See S2481

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2359
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2359.pdf