Massachusetts 191st Legislature (2019-2020) Status: In Committee 25 D cosponsors

H 4688 — An Act providing a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness

Last action — Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence

  2. Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  3. New draft of H150 and H1314

  4. Reported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 35 co-sponsors · 168 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Co-sponsors (35)

Not signed on (168)

168 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors H 4688?
H 4688 is sponsored by Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Smitty Pignatelli, Liz Miranda (Democrat), Michael J. Finn (Democrat), Adrian C. Madaro (Democrat), Susan Williams Gifford, Jonathan Hecht, James J. O'Day (Democrat), Jay D. Livingstone (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Russell E. Holmes (Democrat), Denise Provost, Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), Tami L. Gouveia, William N. Brownsberger (Democrat), Dylan A. Fernandes (Democrat), Mike Connolly (Democrat), James B. Eldridge (Democrat), Paul McMurtry (Democrat), Mary S. Keefe (Democrat), Sean Garballey (Democrat), Patricia D. Jehlen (Democrat), Marjorie C. Decker (Democrat), Mark C. Montigny (Democrat), Jon Santiago, Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Rebecca L. Rausch (Democrat), Carlos González (Democrat), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Chynah Tyler (Democrat), Harriette L. Chandler, Nika C. Elugardo, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Elizabeth A. Malia, José F. Tosado, and Bud L. Williams (Democrat).
What is the current status of H 4688?
This bill died with 191st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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