Massachusetts House Bill 85 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-1)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-25 - Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

By Mr. Mark of Peru, a petition of Paul W. Mark and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to declare rights afforded to the human inhabitants of the Commonwealth are not applicable to corporations, limited liability companies or any other corporate entities. The Judiciary.

Proposal for a Legislative Amendment to the Constitution to Declare that Corporations are Not People, Money is Not Speech

Sen. Paul Mark [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Rep. Daniel Cullinane [D]
Rep. Marjorie Decker [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Sen. Paul Feeney [D]	Sen. Cindy Friedman [D]
Rep. Sean Garballey [D]	Rep. Tami Gouveia [D]	Rep. Richard Haggerty [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]
Rep. Stephan Hay [D]	Sen. Adam Hinds [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]
Rep. Brian Murray [D]	Rep. Sarah Peake [D]	Rep. William Pignatelli [D]	Rep. Denise Provost [D]
Rep. David Rogers [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Roy [D]	Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Rep. Angelo Scaccia [D]
Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-25	House	Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
2019-04-25	Senate	Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
2019-03-26	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 04/02/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2019-02-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-02-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on The Judiciary

H82 (Similar To) 2019-04-25 - Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
H79 (Similar To) 2019-04-25 - Placed on file
H84 (Similar To) 2019-04-25 - Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
H83 (Similar To) 2020-12-16 - No further action taken
H2660 (Similar To) 2020-10-15 - Accompanied a study order, see H5040
H640 (Similar To) 2020-02-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H4403
S544 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2543
S1879 (Similar To) 2019-12-04 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1702 (Similar To) 2020-11-02 - Accompanied a study order, see H5080
S14 (Similar To) 2019-04-25 - Proposal for Constitutional Amendment reported adversely by committee and placed on file
S1775 (Similar To) 2020-10-15 - Accompanied a study order, see H5040
S545 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2543
S2211 (Similar To) 2019-04-25 - Placed on file

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H85
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H85.pdf