Massachusetts House Bill 243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-4)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to expanding access to adoption. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Expanding access to adoption

Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Steven Owens [D]	Rep. Patrick Kearney [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]
Rep. Steven Xiarhos [R]	Rep. Carol Doherty [D]	Rep. Paul Donato [D]	Rep. Hannah Kane [R]
Rep. Patricia Duffy [D]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Shawn Dooley [R]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]
Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]	Rep. Jessica Giannino [D]	Rep. Colleen Garry [D]
Rep. Jonathan Zlotnik [D]	Rep. Bradley Jones [R]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]
Rep. William Pignatelli [D]	Rep. Kathleen LaNatra [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. David Robertson [D]
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian [D]	Sen. Susan Moran [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]
Rep. Carolyn Dykema [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-03	House	No further action taken
2021-11-10	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2021-11-10	House	Rules suspended
2021-11-10	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2021-11-02	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2021-08-25	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

S192 (Similar To) 2021-11-04 - Accompanied S211
S765 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2917
S879 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S2519 (Similar To) 2021-09-02 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4120 (Similar To) 2022-09-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H5219
H1749 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4844
S806 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2917
S357 (Similar To) 2022-03-10 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2749
S823 (Similar To) 2022-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2714
S760 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2917
S1859 (Similar To) 2022-10-03 - Accompanied a study order, see H5248
S1304 (Similar To) 2022-09-08 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
S1346 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S2584 (Similar To) 2022-08-01 - Reported by S3097
S2616 (Similar To) 2022-04-08 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022
H4566 (Similar To) 2022-03-21 - Text of an amendment, see S2616
H4930 (Similar To) 2022-06-29 - Published as amended, see H4954
H4954 (Similar To) 2022-07-25 - Reported by H5090
S3097 (Similar To) 2022-08-10 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2022
H2500 (Similar To) 2022-09-08 - Accompanied a study order, see H5190

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H243
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H243.pdf