Massachusetts House Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5209
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to establish a fund to be known as the education fund. Education.

To fund a more affordable public higher education system in Massachusetts

Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Sen. Michael Moore [D]
Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-23	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5209
2020-11-25	House	House concurred
2020-11-19	Senate	Amendment (changing reporting date to Thursday December 31, 2020) adopted, pending concurrence
2020-11-19	Senate	Reporting date extended to Friday November 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-04-23	House	Reporting date extended to Friday November 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-03-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-03-18	House	Reporting date extended to Thursday April 30, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-02-13	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-02-05	House	Reporting date extended to Friday March 20, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-04-18	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-04-16	House	Discharged to the Joint Committee on Higher Education
2019-04-01	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Education

H1214 (Similar To) 2020-12-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5209
H1216 (Similar To) 2020-12-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5209
H1227 (Similar To) 2020-11-25 - Accompanied a study order, see H5125
H2234 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
H2233 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
H2322 (Similar To) 2020-05-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4722
S292 (Similar To) 2019-09-19 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2348
S218 (Similar To) 2020-08-06 - Accompanied a study order, see S2886
S308 (Similar To) 2019-09-19 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2348
S751 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2348 (Similar To) 2019-10-03 - New draft substituted, see S2350
S2412 (Similar To) 2019-11-26 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2019
H5209 (Replaced by) 2020-12-23 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H481
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H481.pdf