Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 42 D · 3 R cosponsors

S 2603 — An Act further regulating hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards

Last action — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2021

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 20, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 61 sponsors

    1 primary, 60 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (42 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Senate, December 20, 2021 -- Report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the House amendment to the Senate Bill upgrading hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards (Senate, No. 2481) (amended by the House by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 4194; by inserting an emergency preamble and striking out the title and inserting a new title),-- reports, a “Bill further regulating hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards (Senate, No. 2603).

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2021

  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. Enacted

  4. Emergency preamble adopted

  5. Emergency preamble adopted

  6. Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance

  9. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  10. Committee of conference report accepted

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Reported on S2481

  13. Reported from the committee of conference

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 60 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards

Co-sponsors (60)

Not signed on (143)

143 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 2603 do?
Senate, December 20, 2021 -- Report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the House amendment to the Senate Bill upgrading hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards (Senate, No. 2481) (amended by the House by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 4194; by inserting an emergency preamble and striking out the title and inserting a new title),-- reports, a “Bill further regulating hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards (Senate, No. 2603).
Who sponsors S 2603?
S 2603 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means, David Allen Robertson (Democrat), Thomas M. Stanley (Democrat), Tram T. Nguyen (Democrat), Hen welfare and establishing uniform cage-free standards, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Daniel Cahill (Democrat), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democrat), Brendan P. Crighton (Democrat), Steven Owens (Democrat), Adam J. Scanlon (Democrat), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democrat), Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (Republican), Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democrat), Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (Democrat), Sheila C. Harrington, Danillo A. Sena (Democrat), Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), Kenneth I. Gordon (Democrat), Mathew J. Muratore, Lenny Mirra, Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democrat), James B. Eldridge (Democrat), Jacob R. Oliveira (Democrat), Jessica Ann Giannino (Democrat), William C. Galvin (Democrat), David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Natalie M. Higgins (Democrat), Ruth B. Balser, Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Tami L. Gouveia, Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), Edward F. Coppinger, Walter F. Timilty, Erika Uyterhoeven (Democrat), James K. Hawkins (Democrat), Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democrat), Paul F. Tucker, Peter Capano, Sean Garballey (Democrat), Michael P. Kushmerek (Democrat), David Biele (Democrat), Steven Ultrino (Democrat), Daniel J. Ryan (Democrat), David M. Rogers (Democrat), James Arciero (Democrat), Tommy Vitolo (Democrat), Adrian C. Madaro (Democrat), Vanna Howard (Democrat), Josh S. Cutler, Jay D. Livingstone (Democrat), Carol A. Doherty, Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democrat), Kay Khan, Brian W. Murray (Democrat), Christopher Hendricks (Democrat), Daniel M. Donahue (Democrat), and Richard M. Haggerty (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 2603?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 20, 2021. Enacted.
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