Massachusetts House Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-08-29 - Accompanied a study order, see H5040
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

By Mr. Sena of Acton, a petition of Danillo A. Sena and others for an investigation by the Department of Public Health of broadband internet access and its relation to the public health objectives. Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity.

Establishing free broadband internet access in public housing

Rep. Danillo Sena [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Peter Capano [D]	Rep. Vanna Howard [D]
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-29	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5040
2021-09-30	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/13/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-09-30	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/13/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	House	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

H3809 (Similar To) 2021-12-01 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 97 of the Acts of 2021
H3891 (Similar To) 2022-06-16 - Read second and ordered to a third reading
S2470 (Similar To) 2021-10-05 - Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted
S2471 (Similar To) 2022-02-07 - Accompanied a study order, see S2665
H4059 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H4083 (Similar To) 2022-01-20 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2022
H1376 (Similar To) 2022-04-28 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4686
H2986 (Similar To) 2022-09-26 - Accompanied a study order, see H5247
S883 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S1419 (Similar To) 2022-02-14 - Accompanied a study order, see S2692
S402 (Similar To) 2022-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2650
S36 (Similar To) 2021-06-10 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2470
H1753 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see H4844
H1405 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
H3722 (Similar To) 2022-06-02 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2022
S905 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
H2013 (Similar To) 2022-09-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H5023
S995 (Similar To) 2022-02-28 - Accompanied H1829
S895 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S878 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S879 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S882 (Similar To) 2022-09-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5276
S868 (Similar To) 2022-10-13 - Accompanied a study order, see H5351
S2421 (Similar To) 2022-02-14 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H5040 (Replaced by) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H3661 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H2981 (Similar To) 2022-09-26 - Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H137
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H137.pdf