Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 18 D · 9 R cosponsors

S 2573 — An Act allowing humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law

Last action — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2022

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 09, 2021. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 33 sponsors

    1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (18 D · 9 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Senate, November 9, 2021 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to allow humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law.(Senate, No. 1606),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2573).

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 23 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 and passed to be engrossed

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4431) and ordered to a third reading

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4431) pending

  11. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  12. Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  13. Read third and passed to be engrossed - see Roll Call #102 (Yeas 38 – Nays 0)

  14. Ordered to a third reading

  15. Substituted as a new draft for S1606

  16. Rules suspended

  17. Recommended new draft for S1606

  18. Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Sponsors

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Co-sponsors (32)

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety transportation
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 2573 do?
Senate, November 9, 2021 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to allow humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law.(Senate, No. 1606),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2573).
Who sponsors S 2573?
S 2573 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Mark C. Montigny (Democrat), Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), Julian Cyr (Democrat), Mathew J. Muratore, Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida (Republican), Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), John Barrett, III (Democrat), Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democrat), Ryan C. Fattman (Republican), David F. DeCoste (Republican), Michael D. Brady (Democrat), Carol A. Doherty, Steven S. Howitt (Republican), David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democrat), Christopher Hendricks (Democrat), Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democrat), Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (Democrat), Brian M. Ashe (Democrat), Hannah Kane (Republican), Adam J. Scanlon (Democrat), Colleen M. Garry (Democrat), Susan L. Moran, John J. Cronin (Democrat), Antonio F. D. Cabral (Democrat), John C. Velis (Democrat), Tami L. Gouveia, Sal N. DiDomenico (Democrat), David Allen Robertson (Democrat), Kelly W. Pease (Republican), Jason M. Lewis (Democrat), Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (Republican), and Walter F. Timilty.
What is the current status of S 2573?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 09, 2021. Enacted.
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