Massachusetts House Bill 1959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-22 - Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
Pending: Joint Health Care Financing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools. Public Health.

To increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools

Rep. Jay Livingstone [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Rep. Ruth Balser [D]
Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Paul Brodeur [D]	Rep. Daniel Cahill [D]
Rep. Tackey Chan [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]
Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Rep. Daniel Donahue [D]
Rep. Paul Donato [D]	Rep. Carolyn Dykema [D]	Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]
Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Carole Fiola [D]
Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Carlos Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Kenneth Gordon [D]
Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Rep. Danielle Gregoire [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]
Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Rep. Louis Kafka [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]
Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]	Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]
Sen. Paul Mark [D]	Rep. Christina Minicucci [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]	Rep. Alice Peisch [D]
Rep. William Pignatelli [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]
Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Roy [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Jon Santiago [D]
Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Chynah Tyler [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]
Rep. Aaron Vega [D]	Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Rep. Bud Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-22	House	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-04-30	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-04-29	House	Reporting date extended to Friday June 19, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-03-26	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-03-23	House	Reporting date extended to Friday May 1, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-12-26	House	Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
2019-09-12	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 09/24/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

H1002 (Similar To) 2020-12-01 - Accompanied a study order, see H5160
S151 (Similar To) 2020-01-21 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4298
H1988 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4449
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/H1959
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1959.pdf