Massachusetts House Bill 2294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-5-1)
Status: Passed on August 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-05 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 158 of the Acts of 2022
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to access to original birth certificates to persons born in the Commonwealth. Public Health.

Granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts

Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Kate Hogan [D]	Rep. Hannah Kane [R]	Rep. Adrian Madaro [D]
Rep. Daniel Carey [D]	Rep. Angelo Puppolo [D]	Rep. Peter Capano [D]	Rep. Brian Murray [D]
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Kimberly Ferguson [R]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]
Rep. Kip Diggs [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]
Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Todd Smola [R]	Rep. Jessica Giannino [D]	Rep. Joseph McKenna [R]
Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]	Sen. Anne Gobi [D]	Rep. James O'Day [D]	Rep. Donald Berthiaume [R]
Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Daniel Ryan [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]
Rep. Tommy Vitolo [D]	Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Roy [D]
Rep. Michelle Ciccolo [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]

2022-07-29 - Senate - Senate Engrossed Roll Call #229 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-05		Signed by the Governor, Chapter 158 of the Acts of 2022
2022-07-29	Senate	Enacted and laid before the Governor
2022-07-29	House	Enacted
2022-07-29	Senate	Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #229 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
2022-07-29	Senate	Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third
2022-07-29	Senate	Rules suspended
2022-07-29	Senate	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2022-01-10	Senate	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2021-11-04	House	Read third and passed to be engrossed
2021-10-25	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2021-10-25	House	Rules suspended
2021-10-25	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2021-09-27	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2021-09-27	House	Accompanied by S1440
2021-04-28	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 05/10/2021 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health

S1440 (Similar To) 2021-09-27 - Accompanied H2294
S2519 (Similar To) 2021-09-02 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4120 (Similar To) 2022-09-06 - Accompanied a study order, see H5219
S1304 (Similar To) 2022-09-08 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
S192 (Similar To) 2021-11-04 - Accompanied S211
S2584 (Similar To) 2022-08-01 - Reported by S3097
H4930 (Similar To) 2022-06-29 - Published as amended, see H4954
H4954 (Similar To) 2022-07-25 - Reported by H5090

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2294
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2294.pdf
Roll Call	https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/192/SenateRollCall229.pdf