Massachusetts House Bill 482 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-1-1)
Status: Passed on January 10 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-10 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 441 of the Acts of 2018
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to prohibit discrimination in the issuance of group or individual disability, accident or sickness insurance policies. Financial Services.

Providing for equitable coverage in disability policies

Rep. Ruth Balser [D]	Rep. Byron Rushing [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]
Rep. Denise Provost [D]	Rep. Kenneth Gordon [D]	Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]
Rep. Paul Heroux [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]
Rep. Aaron Vega [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Rep. Carole Fiola [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]	Rep. Antonio Cabral [D]
Rep. Angelo Scaccia [D]	Rep. Gailanne Cariddi [D]	Rep. Peter Kocot [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]
Rep. Keiko Orrall [R]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Carolyn Dykema [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]
Sen. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Sen. Brendan Crighton [D]	Sen. Kathleen O'Connor Ives [D]	Rep. Sean Garballey [D]
Rep. Frank Smizik [D]	Sen. Barbara L'Italien [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Rep. Tackey Chan [D]
Rep. Jay Livingstone [D]	Sen. Michael Brady [D]	Sen. Eileen Donoghue [D]	Sen. Joan Lovely [D]
Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]	Rep. Thomas Calter [D]	Rep. Jay Kaufman [D]
Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-10	Senate	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 441 of the Acts of 2018
2018-12-31	Senate	Enacted and laid before the Governor
2018-12-31	House	Enacted
2018-12-31	House	House concurred in the Senate amendment
2018-12-31	House	Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2018-12-31	Senate	Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2018-12-31	Senate	Taken out of the Orders of the Day
2018-12-27	Senate	Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2018-07-30	House	Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2018-07-30	House	Rules suspended
2018-07-03	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2018-07-03	House	Rules suspended
2018-07-03	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2018-06-18	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2018-06-18	House	Accompanied by S545
2018-05-17	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-05-14	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday June 13, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-02-07	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-02-07	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 9, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-01-09	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 01/16/2018 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2017-01-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2017-01-23	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Financial Services

S578 (Similar To) 2018-04-30 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
H497 (Similar To) 2018-07-18 - Accompanied a study order, see H4778
H587 (Similar To) 2018-03-26 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4333
H626 (Similar To) 2018-05-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4528
H498 (Similar To) 2018-07-18 - Accompanied a study order, see H4778
H34 (Similar To) 2018-07-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H4785
H4110 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
S2547 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
S545 (Replaces) 2018-06-18 - Accompanied H482
H4865 (Similar To) 2018-08-06 - Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4977 (Similar To) 2019-01-09 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 419 of the Acts of 2018

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H482
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H482.pdf