Massachusetts 191st Legislature (2019-2020) Status: Died Bipartisan · 22 D · 1 I cosponsors

H 4694 — An Act relative to fairness in debt collection

Last action — Referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. Died in session

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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. Read second

  3. Rules suspended

  4. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  5. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  6. New draft of H919

  7. Reported from the committee on Financial Services

Sponsors

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Joint Committee on Financial Services

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 4694?
H 4694 is sponsored by Joint Committee on Financial Services, Paul Brodeur, Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Ruth B. Balser, Peter Capano, Marjorie C. Decker (Democrat), Marcos A. Devers, Daniel M. Donahue (Democrat), Nika C. Elugardo, Michael J. Finn (Democrat), Carlos González (Democrat), Patricia A. Haddad, Richard M. Haggerty (Democrat), Jonathan Hecht, Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), Russell E. Holmes (Democrat), Kevin G. Honan (Democrat), Daniel J. Hunt (Democrat), Mary S. Keefe (Democrat), Kay Khan, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), David Paul Linsky (Democrat), Adrian C. Madaro (Democrat), John J. Mahoney (Democrat), Elizabeth A. Malia, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. (Democrat), Paul McMurtry (Democrat), Tram T. Nguyen (Democrat), Jeffrey N. Roy (Democrat), Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democrat), José F. Tosado, Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Aaron Vega, Susannah M. Whipps (Unenrolled), Bud L. Williams (Democrat), and Edward F. Coppinger.
What is the current status of H 4694?
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.
Where can I track H 4694?
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