Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

S 2616 — An Act expanding access to adoption

Last action — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    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 January 10, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Summary

Senate, January 10, 2022 -- The committee on Rules to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 123) that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2022, with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act expanding access to adoption” (Senate, No. 2616)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022

  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. Enacted

  4. Senate concurred in the House amendment

  5. Rules suspended

  6. Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4566) and passed to be engrossed

  7. Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. Rules suspended

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

  10. Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  11. Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  12. Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  13. Read third

  14. Ordered to a third reading

  15. Substituted as a new draft for S123

  16. Recommended new draft for S123

  17. Reported from the committee on Rules

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 202 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Rules

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (202)

202 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 2616 do?
Senate, January 10, 2022 -- The committee on Rules to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 123) that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2022, with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act expanding access to adoption” (Senate, No. 2616)
Who sponsors S 2616?
S 2616 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Rules and Joan B. Lovely (Democrat).
What is the current status of S 2616?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2022. Enacted.
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