Massachusetts Senate Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-25 - Accompanied S2186
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to remove the welfare benefit cap for children conceived while a family is receiving assistance. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Relative to well-being and care of a child

Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Sen. Harriette Chandler [D]	Sen. Joan Lovely [D]	Sen. William Brownsberger [D]
Sen. James Welch [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]	Rep. Angelo Puppolo [D]
Sen. Michael Brady [D]	Rep. Paul Schmid [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]
Rep. Joseph McGonagle [D]	Rep. Maria Robinson [D]	Sen. Paul Feeney [D]	Rep. Mary Keefe [D]
Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Sen. Cynthia Creem [D]
Sen. Mark Montigny [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Sen. Adam Hinds [D]	Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz [D]
Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Sen. Cindy Friedman [D]	Rep. Daniel Hunt [D]	Sen. Brendan Crighton [D]
Rep. Jennifer Benson [D]	Sen. Michael Moore [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Sen. John Keenan [D]	Sen. Eric Lesser [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]
Sen. Nick Collins [D]	Sen. Edward Kennedy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	Senate	Accompanied S2186
2019-03-07	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-03-05	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 03/05/2019 from 03:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2019-03-05	Joint	Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
2019-03-01	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 03/05/2019 from 02:45 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
2019-03-01	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 03/05/2019 from 11:30 AM-02:45 PM in A-2
2019-01-22	House	House concurred
2019-01-22	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

H328 (Similar To) 2020-10-26 - Accompanied a study order, see H5043
H3352 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S344 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2538
H3435 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
H3433 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S872 (Similar To) 2020-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
H3476 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
H112 (Similar To) 2020-03-05 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4485
H159 (Similar To) 2020-03-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S2186 (Replaced by) 2019-03-28 - Substituted as a new text for H3594
H132 (Similar To) 2020-11-04 - Accompanied a study order, see H5088
H3471 (Similar To) 2020-11-12 - Accompanied a study order, see H5081
S2227 (Similar To) 2020-02-03 - Accompanied a study order, see S2496
S2294 (Similar To) 2019-07-29 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
H4013 (Similar To) 2019-07-31 - Adopted, see H4012
S2338 (Similar To) 2019-09-19 - Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]
H4083 (Similar To) 2019-11-04 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4163
S2368 (Similar To) 2019-10-17 - See H4012
S2377 (Similar To) 2019-10-17 - See H4012

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S37
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S37.pdf