2021-2022 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
H2261: To promote public safety and certainty related to child deaths
Legislative Summary
Relative to findings and reports of medical examiners performing autopsies on children under the age of two. Public Health.
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Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
3/29/2021
Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health
House of Representatives
3/29/2021
Senate concurred
Senate
4/22/2021
Hearing scheduled for 05/03/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
Joint Conference
12/2/2021
Accompanied by S1439
House of Representatives
12/2/2021
Reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
House of Representatives
2/3/2022
Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5422
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
Rules suspended
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
House of Representatives
12/12/2022
New draft substituted, see H5422
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(3/29/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 5
Republican: 2
Primary Sponsor
Marjorie Decker
Democrat