2023-2024 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
H4329
Legislative Summary
Relative to a commission to study the intentional misrepresentation of a service animal
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Bill History
2/8/2024
Reported from the committee on The Judiciary
House of Representatives
2/8/2024
New draft of H1480 and H1481
House of Representatives
2/8/2024
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
House of Representatives
3/11/2024
Discharged to the committee on House Rules
House of Representatives
4/11/2024
Committee reccomended ought to pass 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 with the same title, see H4917
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 H4917
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/8/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 18
Democrat: 22
Independent: 1
Primary Sponsor

Kimberly Ferguson
Republican
Co-Sponsors (40)
Donald Wong
Republican
Sean Garballey
Democrat
Angelo D'Emilia
Republican
Bradley Jones
Republican
Hannah Kane
Republican
Meghan Kilcoyne
Democrat
Jessica Giannino
Democrat
Susannah Whipps Lee
Independent
Joseph McKenna
Republican
David DeCoste
Republican
Leonard Mirra
Republican
Carol Doherty
Democrat
Josh Cutler
Democrat
Fred Barrows
Republican
Michael Soter
Republican
Christopher Hendricks
Democrat
Alan Silvia
Democrat
Susan Gifford
Republican
Kelly Pease
Republican
David Linsky
Democrat
Paul Frost
Republican
Ted Philips
Democrat
Anne Gobi
Democrat
Steven Owens
Democrat
Steven Xiarhos
Republican
Thomas Walsh
Democrat
Todd Smola
Republican
David Muradian
Republican
Jack Lewis
Democrat
Patrick O'Connor
Republican
Thomas Stanley
Democrat
Colleen Garry
Democrat
William Galvin
Democrat
Paul McMurtry
Democrat
James Arciero
Democrat
Natalie Higgins
Democrat
Christopher Flanagan
Democrat
Michael Moore
Democrat
Bruce Tarr
Republican
Brian Ashe
Democrat