# Massachusetts H 4675: An Act preventing animal cruelty

Massachusetts H 4675, An Act preventing animal cruelty, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on the Judiciary; status in committee, last action 2025-11-03 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4675
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act preventing animal cruelty
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-03
- Last action: 2025-11-03, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 41
- Subjects: Judiciary, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary
- Cosponsor: Adam J. Scanlon (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian C. Madaro (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brian M. Ashe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Christine P. Barber (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Arciero (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jessica Ann Giannino (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John C. Velis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joseph W. McGonagle Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Michael P. Kushmerek (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle M. DuBois (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul J. Donato (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tara T. Hong (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tommy Vitolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William C. Galvin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William F. MacGregor (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-24 | committee | Committee Redraft: H1934 - An Act preventing animal cruelty | pass | 8 | 2 |   |

## Actions (3)

- 2025-11-03: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-11-03: New draft of H1934 (House)
- 2025-11-03: Reported from the committee on The Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4675.pdf)

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- 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4675.pdf)

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