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MassachusettsH 4637194th General Court (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act relative to civil rights and technology

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Second Reading

JudiciaryHouse Ways and MeansHouse Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

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Bill Overview

No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on the Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Lindsay N. Sabadosa

    Democratic • House

  • Michael J. Finn

    Democratic • House

  • Patricia A. Duffy

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 42 • No: 0

committee vote • 5/19/2026

Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.4637 “An Act relative to civil rights and technology” as amended

Yes: 31 • No: 0

committee vote • 10/12/2025

Committee Redraft: H1688 - An Act relative to unmanned aerial vehicles

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

    5/20/2026House

  2. Rules suspended

    5/20/2026House

  3. 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

    5/20/2026House

  4. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

    5/20/2026House

  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5444

    5/20/2026House

  6. New draft substituted, see H5444

    5/19/2026House

  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

    10/23/2025House

  8. New draft of H1688 and H1978

    10/23/2025House

  9. Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

    10/23/2025House

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