Massachusetts House Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-20 - Accompanied a study order, see H4401
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to deceptive actions perpetrated against elderly and disabled persons. Elder Affairs.

Increasing the penalties for unfair and deceptive actions perpetrated against persons with disabilities and senior citizens

Rep. Bruce Ayers [D]	Rep. Susan Gifford [R]	Rep. Mathew Muratore [R]	Rep. James Murphy [D]
Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Roy [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. John Rogers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-20	House	Accompanied a study order, see H4401
2019-10-23	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/29/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs

H633 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4403
S791 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2527
H3215 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4404
S353 (Similar To) 2020-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2487
S2427 (Similar To) 2020-03-01 - Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted
S2430 (Similar To) 2019-12-02 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H4401 (Replaced by) 2020-08-20 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H597
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H597.pdf