Massachusetts House Bill 225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-09-26 - Accompanied a study order, see H5286
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to prohibit the use of procedures which cause physical pain or deny a reasonable humane existence to persons with disabilities. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Regarding the use of aversive therapy

Rep. Danielle Gregoire [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]
Sen. Michael Moore [D]	Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]	Rep. Jon Santiago [D]	Rep. Steven Owens [D]
Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]
Rep. Brian Murray [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Paul McMurtry [D]	Rep. Christine Barber [D]
Sen. Paul Feeney [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Linda Campbell [D]	Rep. Paul Tucker [D]
Rep. Andres Vargas [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]
Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Sen. Joan Lovely [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Sen. Michael Brady [D]
Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. William Galvin [D]	Rep. Danillo Sena [D]	Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven [D]
Rep. Steven Xiarhos [R]	Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Sen. Brendan Crighton [D]	Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]
Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Marcos Devers [D]	Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-09-26	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5286
2022-06-02	Senate	Senate concurred
2022-05-02	House	Reporting date extended to Friday June 10, 2022, pending concurrence
2022-03-24	Senate	Senate concurred
2022-01-31	House	Reporting date extended to Monday May 2, 2022, pending concurrence
2021-11-15	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 11/22/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

H1870 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S122 (Similar To) 2022-04-04 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2492 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2917
H4109 (Similar To) 2022-02-15 - Accompanied S2492
H3398 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S2021 (Similar To) 2021-12-09 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1466 (Similar To) 2022-01-10 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2615
S1083 (Similar To) 2022-02-10 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1282 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2919
S117 (Similar To) 2022-04-25 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4929 (Similar To) 2022-11-01 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 254 of the Acts of 2022
H5286 (Replaced by) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
H5358 (Similar To) 2022-10-20 - Text of an amendment, see H4929

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H225
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H225.pdf