# Massachusetts H 2042: An Act relative to child protection

Massachusetts H 2042, An Act relative to child protection, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by David T. Vieira (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-03-26 (Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2042-194
- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 2042
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to child protection
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-03-26, Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
- Sponsor: David T. Vieira (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 136
- Subjects: The Judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David T. Vieira (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Alley Catyb
- Cosponsor: Amanda Pearce
- Cosponsor: Amy Durant
- Cosponsor: Andrea L. Keohane
- Cosponsor: Andrison Carrera
- Cosponsor: Anita Texeira
- Cosponsor: Anthony Ventresca
- Cosponsor: Artem Orlov
- Cosponsor: Avery Talbot
- Cosponsor: Barbara Cannon
- Cosponsor: Bernadette Lyons
- Cosponsor: Bill Kirwin
- Cosponsor: Blake Robertson
- Cosponsor: Bob Volpe
- Cosponsor: Bonnie Haas
- Cosponsor: Brandon Edsall
- Cosponsor: Brian Dorrington, Sr.
- Cosponsor: Brooke Brandow
- Cosponsor: Carlos Aguilera
- Cosponsor: Carol Goss
- Cosponsor: Charles A. LoPresto
- Cosponsor: Chelsea Derks 
- Cosponsor: Christina Howell
- Cosponsor: Christina O'Shea
- Cosponsor: Christopher Sennott
- Cosponsor: Christos Alex
- Cosponsor: Cindy Rogers 
- Cosponsor: Dara Midwood 
- Cosponsor: David Buzanoski
- Cosponsor: David Cromwick
- Cosponsor: David K. Hines
- Cosponsor: David Rizza
- Cosponsor: Debbie Myers
- Cosponsor: Deborah Aguiar
- Cosponsor: Deborah R. Dugan
- Cosponsor: Devansh Bajaj
- Cosponsor: Diane Sue Dorrington 
- Cosponsor: Dianna Saunders
- Cosponsor: Dr. Anne Mulhern
- Cosponsor: Elizabeth Brown
- Cosponsor: Elizabeth Doughty
- Cosponsor: Ellen D'Ovidio
- Cosponsor: Eric R. Imbornone
- Cosponsor: Erica Aucoin
- Cosponsor: Erich Horgan
- Cosponsor: Fay Hudson
- Cosponsor: Francis Taylor
- Cosponsor: Gene J. Parini
- Cosponsor: George Perivolarakis 
- Cosponsor: Gerardo Viglione
- Cosponsor: Grace Tucci
- Cosponsor: James Lyons
- Cosponsor: Janet Morris
- Cosponsor: Janet Ryder
- Cosponsor: Janice D. Busalacchi
- Cosponsor: Jason McCutchen
- Cosponsor: Jeff Myers
- Cosponsor: Jeffrey Bolger
- Cosponsor: Jessi Buckmaster
- Cosponsor: Jessica Edsall
- Cosponsor: Joanne Miksis
- Cosponsor: John Burrows
- Cosponsor: John Densler
- Cosponsor: John Knowles
- Cosponsor: John Paul Moran
- Cosponsor: John Pepi
- Cosponsor: John R. Gaskey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John T. Sardina
- Cosponsor: Joyce Kaye
- Cosponsor: Judith Barnwell
- Cosponsor: Judith Walker 
- Cosponsor: Kara Vanicsek
- Cosponsor: Karen Bolger
- Cosponsor: Karen M. Thomas
- Cosponsor: Karen Thomas
- Cosponsor: Kari MacRae
- Cosponsor: Kathleen Brosnahan 
- Cosponsor: Kathleen M. Scanlon
- Cosponsor: Kathryn P. Hubby
- Cosponsor: Keith Dorrington
- Cosponsor: Kelley Jaye Sardina
- Cosponsor: Kelly A. LoPresto
- Cosponsor: Keri Malm
- Cosponsor: Kimberly Brooks
- Cosponsor: Kristen Brissette
- Cosponsor: Kristopher Malm
- Cosponsor: Laureen Knowles 
- Cosponsor: Leslie Trager
- Cosponsor: Linda Anne Hickling
- Cosponsor: Lisa Ann Adams  
- Cosponsor: Lisa Blais
- Cosponsor: Lois Libby
- Cosponsor: Marcy McCauley
- Cosponsor: Margaret B. Reali
- Cosponsor: Maria Alex
- Cosponsor: Mary F. McGurn
- Cosponsor: Mary O’Sullivan   
- Cosponsor: Mary Reynolds
- Cosponsor: Marylou Rocha
- Cosponsor: Matthew Quilitzsch  
- Cosponsor: Michael McGee
- Cosponsor: Molly Bergman
- Cosponsor: Pam Vidal 
- Cosponsor: Pamela Sosnowski
- Cosponsor: Patricia McLean
- Cosponsor: Patricia N. Rizza
- Cosponsor: Paula Wiseman
- Cosponsor: Penelope Caicedo
- Cosponsor: Penny Scholl 
- Cosponsor: Peter Coleman
- Cosponsor: Philip Minasi
- Cosponsor: Philip Scheurer
- Cosponsor: Phyllis Sprout
- Cosponsor: Richard Dorrington
- Cosponsor: Richard Kelleher
- Cosponsor: Robert F. Brown 
- Cosponsor: Robert N. Hubby
- Cosponsor: Robin Kikuchi
- Cosponsor: Sabine Cappa 
- Cosponsor: Sally Hockenbury
- Cosponsor: Samuel D. Miele
- Cosponsor: Sarah Means
- Cosponsor: Scot McCauley
- Cosponsor: Sharon Hoff
- Cosponsor: Shelley A. McMahon
- Cosponsor: Stacy M. Byrne
- Cosponsor: Stephen Daniels
- Cosponsor: Stephen Marsh
- Cosponsor: Susan C. Daniels
- Cosponsor: Suzanne Buzanoski
- Cosponsor: Timothy Hickey
- Cosponsor: Tomas Etzold
- Cosponsor: Tracy Payne
- Cosponsor: Virginia Apel
- Cosponsor: William Winters
- Cosponsor: Yoshika Sangal

## Actions (5)

- 2026-03-26: Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27) (House)
- 2025-06-05: Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on The Judiciary (House)
- undated: Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2042.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2042.pdf)

## Related
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2042-194 (as of 2026-11-01).