Massachusetts House Bill 1216 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5209
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to make public higher education free for residents of the Commonwealth. Higher Education.

Making public higher education in Massachusetts free for residents of the state

Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]

Rep. Maria Robinson [D]

Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]

Rep. Jack Lewis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-23	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5209
2020-11-25	House	House concurred
2020-11-19	Senate	Amendment (changing reporting date to Thursday December 31, 2020) adopted, pending concurrence
2020-11-19	Senate	Reporting date extended to Friday November 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-04-23	House	Reporting date extended to Friday November 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-03-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-03-18	House	Reporting date extended to Thursday April 30, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-02-13	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-02-05	House	Reporting date extended to Friday March 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-04-11	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 04/30/2019 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Higher Education

H1687 (Similar To) 2020-02-27 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H481 (Similar To) 2020-12-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5209
H2234 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
H2233 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
H3460 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S1979 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Accompanied a study order, see S2552
S751 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H2072 (Similar To) 2020-03-02 - Read second and ordered to a third reading
S69 (Similar To) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
S2320 (Similar To) 2020-02-27 - Accompanied a study order, see S2569
H5209 (Replaced by) 2020-12-23 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1216
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1216.pdf