Massachusetts Senate Bill 2616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 8 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-08 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 123) that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2022, with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act expanding access to adoption” (Senate, No. 2616)

Expanding access to adoption

Senate Rules Committee

Sen. Joan Lovely [D]

2022-01-13 - Senate - Senate Engrossed Roll Call #116 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-08		Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022
2022-04-04	Senate	Enacted and laid before the Governor
2022-04-04	House	Enacted
2022-03-31	Senate	Senate concurred in the House amendment
2022-03-31	Senate	Rules suspended
2022-03-21	House	Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4566) and passed to be engrossed
2022-01-26	House	Read second and ordered to a third reading
2022-01-26	House	Rules suspended
2022-01-26	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2022-01-26	House	Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2022-01-18	House	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2022-01-13	Senate	Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2022-01-13	Senate	Read third
2022-01-13	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2022-01-13	Senate	Substituted as a new draft for S123
2022-01-10	Senate	Recommended new draft for S123
2022-01-10	Senate	Reported from the committee on Rules

H243 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S192 (Similar To) 2021-11-04 - Accompanied S211
S765 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Accompanied a study order, see S2917
S2146 (Similar To) 2022-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2715
S629 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4566 (Similar To) 2022-03-21 - Text of an amendment, see S2616
H4930 (Similar To) 2022-06-29 - Published as amended, see H4954
H4954 (Similar To) 2022-07-25 - Reported by H5090
S826 (Similar To) 2022-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2714
S123 (Similar To) 2022-01-18 - Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see S2616

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2616
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2616.pdf
Roll Call	https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/192/SenateRollCall116.pdf