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HB 263 — relative to department of health and human services family reunification practices involving convicted sex offenders.
Last action — Pending Motion Committee Amendment # 2020-0604s; 02/13/2020; SJ 4
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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
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Pending Motion Committee Amendment # 2020-0604s; 02/13/2020; SJ 4
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Sen. D'Allesandro Moved Laid on Table, RC 13Y-11N, MA; 02/13/2020; SJ 4
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-0604s, 02/13/2020; SC 6A
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Hearing: 02/11/2020, Room 100, SH, 11:15 am, on proposed amendment # 2020-0144s; SC 6
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Sen. Hennessey Moved to refer HB 263 back to Judiciary, MA, VV; 01/30/2020; SJ 2
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Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/30/2020; SC 4
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Special Order to 01/30/2020, Without Objection, MA; 01/08/2020 SJ 1
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Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 01/08/2020; SC 47
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Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
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Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/30/2019; SC 24A
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Hearing: 05/21/2019, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 23
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Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 12
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Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1029h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 2
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Amendment # 2019-1029h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 2
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1029h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 3
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Executive Session: 03/06/2019 01:00 pm LOB 207
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Public Hearing: 03/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 206
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Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 43
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 415 not signed on · 11 voted No
Sponsors (0)
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Co-sponsors (0)
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Not signed on (415)
415 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 415 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 46% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (24)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Bob J. Giuda | — | Nay |
| Chuck W Morse | — | Nay |
| Dan Feltes | — | Yea |
| David J Starr | — | Nay |
| Donna M. Soucy | — | Yea |
| Harold F. French | — | Nay |
| Jay Kahn | — | Yea |
| Jeanne Dietsch | — | Yea |
| Jeb Bradley | — | Nay |
| John Reagan | — | Nay |
| Jon Morgan | — | Yea |
| Kevin Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| Lou D'Allesandro | — | Yea |
| Martha Fuller Clark | — | Yea |
| Martha S. Hennessey | — | Yea |
| Melanie Levesque | — | Yea |
| Shannon E. Chandley | — | Nay |
| Tom Sherman | — | Yea |
| Cindy Rosenwald | Democrat | Yea |
| David Watters | Democrat | Yea |
| James Gray | Republican | Nay |
| Regina Birdsell | Republican | Nay |
| Ruth Ward | Republican | Nay |
| Sharon Carson | Republican | Nay |
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