Massachusetts House Bill 294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

By Ms. Kerans of Danvers, a petition of Sally P. Kerans and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) of strategies to address inequality, promote equity and inclusion and create and expand opportunity for people living with low incomes and to end poverty. Community Development and Small Businesses.

To address inequality, promote opportunity and end poverty

Rep. Sally Kerans [D]	Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Sen. Jacob Oliveira [D]	Rep. Steven Owens [D]
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. James O'Day [D]	Rep. Jessica Giannino [D]
Rep. Patrick Kearney [D]	Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. Vanna Howard [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]
Sen. Paul Mark [D]	Sen. Bruce Tarr [R]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]	Rep. Tackey Chan [D]
Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Rep. Dylan Fernandes [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Tram Nguyen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-03	House	No further action taken
2022-05-12	House	Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2022-04-11	House	Discharged to the committee on House Rules
2022-03-09	House	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2021-11-30	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 12/07/2021 from 02:00 PM-04:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-03-29	Senate	Senate concurred
2021-03-29	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

H609 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S2044 (Similar To) 2022-01-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2620
S1347 (Similar To) 2022-07-11 - Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1612 (Similar To) 2022-03-21 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H353 (Similar To) 2022-06-30 - Accompanied a study order, see H4880
H4017 (Similar To) 2021-08-03 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2021
H1315 (Similar To) 2022-10-13 - Accompanied a study order, see H5201
S1736 (Similar To) 2022-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see S2679
S1282 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2919
S1378 (Similar To) 2022-07-11 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S361 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Accompanied a study order, see S2756
S2393 (Similar To) 2022-07-11 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S155 (Similar To) 2022-03-03 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H294
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H294.pdf