2023-2024 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
H3245: Relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes, and bears in traveling exhibits and shows
Legislative Summary
Relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes, and bears in traveling exhibits and shows. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.
Bill History
2/16/2023
Referred to the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
House of Representatives
2/16/2023
Senate concurred
Senate
7/14/2023
Hearing scheduled for 07/24/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
Joint Conference
2/8/2024
Accompanied by S2189 and S2197
House of Representatives
2/8/2024
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H4915
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
Read second
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
Amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted
House of Representatives
7/25/2024
New draft substituted, see H4915
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/16/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 62
Republican: 12
Primary Sponsor
Carole Fiola
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (73)
Bradley Jones
Republican
John Barrett
Democrat
Hannah Kane
Republican
Steven Owens
Democrat
Lindsay Sabadosa
Democrat
Joseph McKenna
Republican
Patricia Duffy
Democrat
Brian Murray
Democrat
Paul Donato
Democrat
Jack Lewis
Democrat
Fred Barrows
Republican
Jessica Giannino
Democrat
Vanna Howard
Democrat
Paul Schmid
Democrat
Thomas Stanley
Democrat
Ruth Balser
Democrat
Steven Xiarhos
Republican
Brian Ashe
Democrat
Natalie Higgins
Democrat
Angelo Puppolo
Democrat
David LeBoeuf
Democrat
Adrian Madaro
Democrat
William Galvin
Democrat
Michelle DuBois
Democrat
Paul McMurtry
Democrat
Patrick O'Connor
Republican
Tricia Farley-Bouvier
Democrat
Denise Garlick
Democrat
Samantha Montano
Democrat
David DeCoste
Republican
James Arena-DeRosa
Democrat
David Robertson
Democrat
Josh Cutler
Democrat
Angelo D'Emilia
Republican
Patrick Kearney
Democrat
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
Democrat
James Hawkins
Democrat
Rodney Elliott
Democrat
Tram Nguyen
Democrat
Kimberly Ferguson
Republican
David Linsky
Democrat
Marcus Vaughn
Republican
Kate Donaghue
Democrat
Adrianne Ramos
Democrat
Simon Cataldo
Democrat
Carmine Gentile
Democrat
William Driscoll
Democrat
Margaret Scarsdale
Democrat
James Arciero
Democrat
Mathew Muratore
Republican
James Eldridge
Democrat
Jennifer Balinsky Armini
Democrat
Rebecca Rausch
Democrat
Kevin Honan
Democrat
Tommy Vitolo
Democrat
Christine Barber
Democrat
Tackey Chan
Democrat
Natalie Blais
Democrat
Michael Kushmerek
Democrat
Aaron Saunders
Democrat
David Vieira
Republican
Marjorie Decker
Democrat
Mike Connolly
Democrat
William Pignatelli
Democrat
Joan Lovely
Democrat
Kristin Kassner
Democrat
Rob Consalvo
Democrat
Mark Cusack
Democrat
Kay Khan
Democrat
Judith Garcia
Democrat
Daniel Ryan
Democrat
Estela Reyes
Democrat
Jay Livingstone
Democrat