Massachusetts House Bill 1492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-27 - Read second and ordered to a third reading
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to expanding access to adoption. The Judiciary.

Expanding access to adoption

Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]
Rep. Carolyn Dykema [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Michael Finn [D]
Rep. Denise Garlick [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]
Rep. Patrick Kearney [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]
Rep. Brian Murray [D]	Rep. Shaunna O'Connell [R]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. David Robertson [D]
Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. John Rogers [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-27	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2020-02-27	House	Rules suspended
2020-02-27	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2020-02-03	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2019-08-26	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2019 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2019-03-25	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-03-21	House	Discharged to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary

H567 (Similar To) 2020-12-03 - Accompanied a study order, see H5159
H726 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H1988 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4449
H1705 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4450
S304 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2538
S728 (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
H1002 (Similar To) 2020-12-01 - Accompanied a study order, see H5160
S151 (Similar To) 2020-01-21 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4298
S640 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2543
S1308 (Similar To) 2019-06-27 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2278
H747 (Similar To) 2020-11-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H5124
H741 (Similar To) 2020-11-02 - Accompanied a study order, see H5078
S2278 (Similar To) 2019-07-25 - New draft substituted, see S2296
S2296 (Similar To) 2019-07-29 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H4017 (Similar To) 2019-10-07 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2019

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1492
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1492.pdf