Legislative Research: MA S859 | 2019-2020 | 191st General Court

Massachusetts Senate Bill 859 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2023-2024 193rd General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to promote fair housing by preventing discrimination against affordable housing. Housing. [S859 2023 Detail][S859 2023 Text][S859 2023 Comments]	2024-12-31 No further action taken
2021-2022 192nd General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to restore the Commonwealth's public housing. Housing. [S859 2021 Detail][S859 2021 Text][S859 2021 Comments]	2022-03-17 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-2020 191st General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to juveniles accused of sex offenses. The Judiciary. [S859 2019 Detail][S859 2019 Text][S859 2019 Comments]	2020-02-03 Accompanied a study order, see S2496
2017-2018 190th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to right of first refusal in the event of foreclosure and short sales and deeds in lieu. The Judiciary. [S859 2017 Detail][S859 2017 Text][S859 2017 Comments]	2018-03-01 Accompanied a study order, see S2313
2015-2016 189th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation for a commission to review, replace, and eliminate the grand jury system. The Judiciary. [S859 2015 Detail][S859 2015 Text][S859 2015 Comments]	2016-04-04 Accompanied a study order, see S2204
2013-2014 188th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to clarify the meal break law to allow for private enforcement. Labor and Workforce Development. [S859 2013 Detail][S859 2013 Text][S859 2013 Comments]	2015-01-06 No further action taken
2011-2012 187th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation relative to custody of children by persons on military service overseas. The Judiciary. [S859 2011 Detail][S859 2011 Text][S859 2011 Comments]	2012-10-15 Accompanied a study order, see S2440
2009-2010 186th General Court (Introduced - Dead)	For legislation to establish the Massachusetts childhood vaccines program and the Massachusetts immunization registry [S859 2009 Detail][S859 2009 Text][S859 2009 Comments]	2009-01-20 Public Hearing date 9/22 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room A1

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Legislative Citation

APA

MA S859 | 2019-2020 | 191st General Court. (2020, February 03). LegiScan. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S859/2019

MLA

"MA S859 | 2019-2020 | 191st General Court." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 03 Feb. 2020. Web. 17 Feb. 2025. <https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S859/2019>.

Chicago

"MA S859 | 2019-2020 | 191st General Court." February 03, 2020 LegiScan. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S859/2019.

Turabian

LegiScan. MA S859 | 2019-2020 | 191st General Court. 03 February 2020. https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S859/2019 (accessed February 17, 2025).

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
S845	Similar To	2020-07-09	To prevent the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences based on juvenile adjudications	Accompanied a new draft, see S2805
S991	Similar To	2020-02-03	To provide a DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S922	Similar To	2020-02-03	Relative to juvenile violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2496
H1464	Similar To	2020-11-12	Relative to parole hearings for previous life sentences	Accompanied a study order, see H5081
H3254	Similar To	2020-11-12	Relative to violent crimes	Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S2496	Replaced by	2020-02-06	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judicial issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules