2021-2022 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
H3378: To expand membership opportunities in local cultural councils
Legislative Summary
For legislation to prohibit chief appointing authorities and members of local appropriating authorities from membership in local cultural councils. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.
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Bill History
3/29/2021
Referred to the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
House of Representatives
3/29/2021
Senate concurred
Senate
10/20/2021
Hearing scheduled for 10/26/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
Joint Conference
3/21/2022
Accompanied by S2243
House of Representatives
3/21/2022
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Rules suspended
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Read second and ordered to a third reading
House of Representatives
5/5/2022
Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed
House of Representatives
5/9/2022
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
Senate
11/3/2022
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Senate
11/3/2022
Rules suspended
Senate
11/3/2022
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Senate
11/3/2022
Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
Senate
11/3/2022
Enacted
House of Representatives
11/3/2022
Enacted and laid before the Governor
Senate
11/10/2022
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 266 of the Acts of 2022
11/10/2022
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 266 of the Acts of 2022
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(11/10/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 16
Republican: 2
Primary Sponsor

Kenneth Gordon
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (17)
Lindsay Sabadosa
Democrat
David Robertson
Democrat
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
Democrat
Jonathan Zlotnik
Democrat
Kip Diggs
Democrat
Brian Ashe
Democrat
Adam Scanlon
Democrat
David Linsky
Democrat
Jacob Oliveira
Democrat
Dylan Fernandes
Democrat
Brian Murray
Democrat
Fred Barrows
Republican
Mary Keefe
Democrat
Bradley Jones
Republican
Nika Elugardo
Democrat
Walter Timilty
Democrat
Natalie Higgins
Democrat