Massachusetts House Bill 1949 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-3)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-26 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4448
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation create a special commission relative to reducing racial disparities in maternal death within the office of health equity within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Public Health.

To reduce racial disparities in maternal health

Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Sen. Liz Miranda [D]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. Ruth Balser [D]
Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]	Rep. David Biele [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]
Rep. Peter Capano [D]	Rep. Tackey Chan [D]	Sen. Harriette Chandler [D]	Rep. Michelle Ciccolo [D]
Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]	Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]
Rep. Daniel Donahue [D]	Rep. William Driscoll [D]	Rep. Carolyn Dykema [D]	Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]
Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]
Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Denise Garlick [D]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]
Rep. Kenneth Gordon [D]	Rep. Richard Haggerty [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Stephan Hay [D]
Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Kate Hogan [D]	Rep. Kevin Honan [D]
Rep. Daniel Hunt [D]	Rep. Hannah Kane [R]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]
Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]	Rep. Jay Livingstone [D]
Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]	Sen. Paul Mark [D]	Rep. Joseph McGonagle [D]
Rep. Christina Minicucci [D]	Rep. Rady Mom [D]	Rep. Brian Murray [D]	Rep. Sarah Peake [D]
Rep. Denise Provost [D]	Rep. David Robertson [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. David Rogers [D]
Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Sen. Bruce Tarr [R]
Sen. Walter Timilty [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Andres Vargas [D]
Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-26	House	Accompanied a new draft, see H4448
2019-08-28	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

S1861 (Similar To) 2020-06-29 - Discharged to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1470 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H1262 (Similar To) 2020-09-28 - Accompanied a study order, see H4974
H3303 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S2221 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2531
S2223 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2533
H4020 (Similar To) 2019-08-01 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 49 of the Acts of 2019
S2309 (Similar To) 2019-08-08 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S2321 (Similar To) 2020-03-12 - House concurred
H4070 (Similar To) 2020-10-08 - Accompanied a study order, see H5032
H2060 (Similar To) 2020-06-22 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
H190 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
H2245 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
S1455 (Similar To) 2020-05-28 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2437 (Similar To) 2020-01-29 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2020
S2446 (Similar To) 2021-01-11 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2020
H4448 (Replaced by) 2020-06-29 - New draft substituted, see H4818

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1949
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1949.pdf