Massachusetts 192nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 3 D · 1 R cosponsors

H 4504 — An Act increasing penalties for hit and runs with recreational vehicles in the Commonwealth to be known as the James Ward Act

Last action — Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

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

This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 01, 2022. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 1 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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Action History

  1. Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  2. Read third and passed to be engrossed

  3. Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. Rules suspended

  5. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading

  6. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  7. New draft of H1720

  8. Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 195 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (195)

195 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors H 4504?
H 4504 is sponsored by Joint Committee on the Judiciary, Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democrat), Mathew J. Muratore, Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), Angelo L. D'Emilia, Christopher Hendricks (Democrat), David Allen Robertson (Democrat), Susan Williams Gifford, and Timothy R. Whelan.
What is the current status of H 4504?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 01, 2022. It now moves to the second chamber.
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