Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 23 D · 3 R cosponsors

HD 494 — An Act expanding access to adoption

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Advancing 34% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 33 sponsors

    1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (23 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 32 co-sponsors · 171 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (32)

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

civil-rights healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HD 494?
HD 494 is sponsored by Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Maria Duaime Robinson, Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Kay Khan, Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democrat), Steven Owens (Democrat), Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democrat), Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), Paul J. Donato (Democrat), Hannah Kane (Republican), Patricia A. Duffy (Democrat), Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Shawn Dooley, Bud L. Williams (Democrat), James K. Hawkins (Democrat), Tram T. Nguyen (Democrat), Jessica Ann Giannino (Democrat), Colleen M. Garry (Democrat), Jonathan D. Zlotnik (Democrat), Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (Republican), Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), Tami L. Gouveia, Smitty Pignatelli, Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), David Allen Robertson (Democrat), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (Democrat), Susan L. Moran, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democrat), Carolyn C. Dykema, and Carol A. Doherty (Democrat).
What is the current status of HD 494?
This bill has been introduced in the House. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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