Massachusetts Senate Bill 438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-5)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-11-14 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2404
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to promote healthy soils and agricultural innovation within the Commonwealth. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

To promote healthy soils and agricultural innovation within the Commonwealth

Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]	Rep. Natalie Blais [D]	Rep. Brian Ashe [D]	Sen. Diana DiZoglio [D]
Rep. Paul Schmid [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]	Rep. Mike Connolly [D]	Sen. Anne Gobi [D]
Rep. John Barrett [D]	Rep. Steven Ultrino [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]	Rep. Lori Ehrlich [D]
Rep. Mary Keefe [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]	Rep. Hannah Kane [R]	Sen. Adam Hinds [D]
Rep. Mathew Muratore [R]	Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Rep. Thomas Stanley [D]	Sen. Dean Tran [R]
Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]
Sen. Bruce Tarr [R]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]	Sen. Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Rep. Marcos Devers [D]
Sen. Harriette Chandler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-14	Senate	Accompanied a new draft, see S2404
2019-05-09	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 05/14/2019 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2019-01-22	House	House concurred
2019-01-22	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

H2479 (Similar To) 2020-11-19 - Accompanied a study order, see H5128
S92 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Accompanied a study order, see S2533
H437 (Similar To) 2020-02-20 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4426
H1220 (Similar To) 2020-11-25 - Accompanied a study order, see H5125
H868 (Similar To) 2020-02-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S484 (Similar To) 2019-06-13 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2254
S2022 (Similar To) 2019-09-18 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S493 (Similar To) 2020-02-18 - Accompanied a study order, see S2540
H2069 (Similar To) 2020-11-10 - Accompanied a study order, see H5117
S1290 (Similar To) 2019-12-30 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2449
S2254 (Similar To) 2019-06-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2277 (Similar To) 2020-01-06 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
S2399 (Similar To) 2020-01-16 - New draft substituted, see S2459
S2404 (Replaced by) 2019-11-14 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S2422 (Similar To) 2019-12-02 - Read; and referred to the committee on House Rules
S2426 (Similar To) 2019-12-02 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S438
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S438.pdf