Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H5281

Introduced

3/26/26

Refer

3/26/26

Refer

3/26/26

Caption

Study Order

Impact

If enacted, HB 5281 would significantly influence the capacity of the Judiciary to assess and respond to ongoing legal complexities in the state. It aims to provide a platform for rigorous discourse and exploration of statutes that govern various aspects of justice and public safety. The bill underscores the importance of adapting legal frameworks to better meet the needs of the community, suggesting a proactive approach in addressing contemporary judicial challenges.

Summary

House Bill 5281, referred to as a 'Study Order', directs the committee on the Judiciary to investigate and study various documents related to legal issues, judicial processes, and the implications of potential reforms. This bill emphasizes the necessity of thorough examination and assessment of current laws, focusing particularly on their effectiveness and impact on the public. It seeks to empower a special commission—comprising members from the General Court—to deliberate on these topics comprehensively and present recommendations for potential legislative changes.

Contention

Although HB 5281 is framed as a measure to improve judicial efficiency, it may face differing opinions regarding its breadth and the nature of the issues selected for investigation. Advocates for more streamlined judicial processes may question the bill's potential to address more immediate necessities within the judicial system, thereby fostering a dialogue about resource allocation and priorities within judicial reforms. As discussions advance, it will be crucial to monitor stakeholder responses, particularly from judicial representatives and legal advocacy groups.

Latest MA H5281 Activity

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Companion Bills

MA H1724

Replaces To modernize public liability

MA H1589

Replaces To amend the definition of hate crime

MA H1918

Replaces Promoting fairness in youthful offender indictments

MA H1582

Replaces Relative to service of civil process fees

MA H1730

Replaces Establishing a foreclosure review division

MA H1594

Replaces Relative to controlling and abusive litigation

MA H1892

Replaces Improving access to the Housing Court

MA H1619

Replaces Relative to Trial Court data collection

MA H2032

Replaces Relative to grandparent visitation rights

MA H1622

Replaces Removing barriers to justice in the workplace

MA H1878

Replaces Relative to streamline the judicial review of local land use decisions

MA H1859

Replaces Titled Justina's law

MA H1818

Replaces Regarding on behalf orders

MA H1974

Replaces Relative to privileged communications in defamation actions

MA H1711

Replaces Relative to child custody when either parent is on active military duty

MA H1624

Replaces Establishing a task force to study equitable access to psilocybin and other entheogenic plants

MA H1870

Replaces Relative to notice of contract, dissolution of lien

MA H1770

Replaces Relative to aggressive panhandling on or adjacent to public ways

MA H1828

Replaces Relative to due process

MA H1581

Replaces Specifying an electronic system to ensure that sales of certain products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) do not exceed limits established under federal law

MA H2049

Replaces Relative to expungement of certain past marijuana convictions

MA H1609

Replaces Regulating sex offender registration in the 21st century

MA H1746

Replaces Enhancing protections for sexual violence survivors

MA H1819

Replaces Relative to judicial compensation

MA H1965

Replaces Relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction

MA H1822

Replaces Relative to harassment prevention orders

MA H1838

Replaces Requiring the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence recordkeeping system

MA H1807

Replaces Relative to foreclosure mediation

MA H1717

Replaces Relative to the theft of bulk merchandise containers

MA H1775

Replaces Establishing a self-defense exception

MA H1659

Replaces Relative to determining the best interest of children in probate and family court

MA H1627

Replaces Relative to strengthen the Commonwealth's Anti-SLAPP law

MA H1882

Replaces To promote free tastings of homemade products at farmer's markets

MA H1725

Replaces To ban the release of balloons

MA H1754

Replaces Establishing an internet bill of rights

MA H1654

Replaces To enhance the rights of crime victims in the commonwealth

MA H1753

Replaces Establishing a commission to study reparations in Massachusetts

MA H1814

Replaces To create the office of the tenant advocate in the Office of the Attorney General

MA H1731

Replaces Amending the victim of violent crime compensation law

MA H1764

Replaces Relative to establishing an animal abuse registry

MA H2006

Replaces Strengthening sexual harassment and discrimination policies in the Commonwealth

MA H1834

Replaces Repealing homophobic and transphobic laws

MA H1778

Replaces Relative to juror service

MA H2000

Replaces Establishing statewide standards for sexual assault and domestic violence service providers

MA H1982

Replaces Relative to the protection of small businesses and workers

MA H1880

Replaces Relative to illegal drug and firearm trafficking

MA H1707

Replaces Relative to the reckless evasion of a police officer

MA H2001

Replaces Relative to protecting domestic violence victims

MA H1800

Replaces Establishing a special commission on check washing crimes

MA H1824

Replaces Relative to the definition of attempted murder

MA H1747

Replaces Relative to safe reporting

MA H1911

Replaces Clarifying a right of a durable power of attorney

MA H1756

Replaces Reforming juvenile offender law

MA H1804

Replaces Relative to public safety, fiscal responsibility, and emergency assistance

MA H1962

Replaces Relative to police use of epinephrine autoinjectors

MA H1871

Replaces Relative to the reckless operation of motor vehicles

MA H1712

Replaces Requiring blood testing for a surviving drivers

MA H2021

Replaces Establishing a jury duty exemption for breastfeeding parents

MA H1614

Replaces Relative to stop fraudulent representation of business against performers

MA H1839

Replaces Relative to the penalty for disorderly persons

MA H1781

Replaces Relative to the release of sex offender information to victims

MA H1611

Replaces Relative to gift card fraud

MA H1995

Replaces Regularizing sentencing for hate crimes

MA H2050

Replaces Removing barriers to the expungement of records

MA H1977

Replaces Relative to Proportionality in Joint Venture Sentencing

MA H1847

Replaces Preventing false confessions

MA H1728

Replaces Relative to penalties for crimes against seniors

MA H1885

Replaces Improving legal and administrative proceedings for court-involved children and families

MA H1678

Replaces To ensure all Massachusetts litigants due process of law

MA H1883

Replaces To promote housing stability

MA H2008

Replaces Prohibiting name-changing for registered sex offenders

MA H1679

Replaces To protect survivors of spousal abuse from alimony liability

MA H1612

Replaces Relative to independent prepaid legal services plans

MA H1780

Replaces Relative to identifying costs associated with legal counsel for classification hearings

MA H1963

Replaces Relative to child custody

MA H1887

Replaces To increase efficiency in custody determinations

MA H1955

Replaces Relative to fentanyl test strips

MA H1943

Replaces Relative to the collateral consequences of alimony

MA H1735

Replaces Increasing witness fees

MA H1769

Replaces Relative to the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings

MA H1718

Replaces Relative to the concealment of the death of children and the penalties for the sale or purchase of minor children

MA H2048

Replaces Decriminalizing non-violent and verbal student misconduct

MA H1931

Replaces To enhance protections against child exploitation and misuse of emerging technologies

MA H2010

Replaces Repealing the criminalization of blasphemy

MA H1886

Replaces Relative to privileged communications

MA H1583

Replaces Relative to the deposit of civil process fees

MA H1613

Replaces Permitting persons to bring car damage arising from a pothole against the public entity into small claims court

MA H1708

Replaces Criminalizing sexual assault of a passenger by a rideshare operator

MA H1916

Replaces To further protect employees through a private right of action

MA H2029

Replaces To eliminate standard conditions in probation

MA H1989

Replaces Relative to fairness in home sales

MA H1663

Replaces Relative to unborn victims of violence

MA H2012

Replaces Relative to child-centered family law

MA H1996

Replaces Relative to written real estate service agreements

MA H1696

Replaces To cure us of the liabilities that ultimately restricted equity

MA H1848

Replaces Relative to judicial discretion for probation

MA H1647

Replaces To improve enforcement of environmental quality

MA H1860

Replaces Increasing the dispute limit for small claims court

MA H1864

Replaces Relative to district court jurisdiction

MA H1803

Replaces To improve the election of certain court clerks

MA H1721

Replaces For informed consent In public health

MA H1812

Replaces To promote timely access to parole hearings

MA H1720

Replaces Relative to court approved parent education program

MA H1683

Replaces To strengthen justice and support for sex trade survivors

MA H1998

Replaces Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers

MA H1971

Replaces To restore the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims

MA H1741

Replaces To amend Section 35 of M.G.L. Ch. 123

MA H1795

Replaces Relative to prejudgment interest rates

MA H1676

Replaces To respect and protect domestic violence and sexual assault victims and survivors

MA H2005

Replaces To promote correctional personnel safety

MA H1787

Replaces Relative to the defense of private property rights through the prevention of abusive eminent domain takings in the Commonwealth

MA H1671

Replaces Designating right of disposition

MA H1650

Replaces To stop mass shootings

MA H1618

Replaces Relative to violent crimes

MA H1876

Replaces Addressing compensation rates for bar advocates

MA H1994

Replaces Protecting tenants from retaliation and coercion

MA H1632

Replaces Relative to legal advertisements in online-only newspapers

MA H1623

Replaces Banning the use of tear gas by law enforcement

MA H2003

Replaces Relative to possession of a dangerous weapon

MA H1960

Replaces Establishing presumptive parole

MA H1831

Replaces To extend statute of limitations for incest

MA H1662

Replaces Relative to coerced abortion

MA H1935

Replaces Relative to wiretapping in the Commonwealth

MA H1949

Replaces Relative to protecting cats and dogs from slaughter

MA H1797

Replaces Establishing a special legislative commission to study the use of IVRs and other strategies by social media platforms

MA H2055

Replaces Relative to pre-adjudication credit for juvenile offenders

MA H1752

Replaces To protect children in extreme temperatures

MA H1925

Replaces To improve grandparent visitation rights

MA H1919

Replaces Prohibiting body size discrimination

MA H2046

Replaces Relative to pill press machines

MA H2038

Replaces To require restitution for a child whose parent is killed by a drunk driver

MA H1863

Replaces Relative to structured settlement payment protections

MA H1869

Replaces Relative to solicitation of a juvenile under eighteen to commit murder

MA H1592

Replaces Relative to the expansion of the Good Samaritan Law

MA H1993

Replaces Relative to court filing fees

MA H1798

Replaces Relative to violent offenders in shelter waiver

MA H1743

Replaces Establishing medical civil rights

MA H1902

Replaces Relative to the reliability of testifying informants

MA H1894

Replaces Promoting equity in traffic stops

MA H1585

Replaces Relative to air traffic safety

MA H1672

Replaces To establish a program to improve communications between local law enforcement and crime victims in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MA H1933

Replaces Further protecting tenants

MA H1815

Replaces Enhancing access to abortion

MA H1591

Replaces Relative to healthcare proxies

MA H1652

Replaces Relative to reforming the competency to stand trial process

MA H1980

Replaces To promote the health and safety of people in the sex trade

MA H1850

Replaces To address arbitration and litigation relief

MA H1914

Replaces Relative to a temporary possession ban of animals for animal abusers

MA H1837

Replaces Increasing penalties for the illegal sale and possession of firearms

MA H1794

Replaces Relative to school and public threats

MA H1836

Replaces To require liability insurance for gun ownership

MA H1938

Replaces Enhancing the issuance of citations for cruel conditions for animals

MA H2061

Replaces Updating hunter harassment laws

MA H2034

Replaces Ensuring the enforcement of mandatory minimums for firearm related crimes

MA H2059

Replaces Relative to eliminating cashless bail

MA H1948

Replaces To protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities

MA H1674

Replaces Protecting survivors of rape and their children

MA H1991

Replaces Relative to abortion care for young people

MA H1762

Replaces For the removal of void restrictive covenants

MA H1772

Replaces Providing protections against predatory guardianship

MA H1709

Replaces Known as "Drug Test Consent Bill" aka "Christina's Law"

MA H1606

Replaces Relative to law enforcement access to prescription monitoring data

MA H1979

Replaces Prohibiting deception in juvenile interrogations

MA H1739

Replaces Relative to the designation of jury clerk in the Haverhill District Court

MA H2017

Replaces Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to gender-responsive programming for juvenile justice system involved girls

MA H1670

Replaces Relative to the repeal or reform of certain unenforceable or unconstitutional archaic laws on religion, piety, and morality

MA H1811

Replaces Requiring clean slate automated record sealing

MA H1703

Replaces Relative to prison mitigation

MA H1796

Replaces Relative to rent escrow

MA H1997

Replaces Relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust, and providers of transportation

MA H1884

Replaces Improving juror compensation

MA H1774

Replaces Relative to civil asset forfeiture improvements

MA H1985

Replaces Relative to civil commitments and the appeal of those commitments

MA H1835

Replaces Supporting consenting young adults

MA H1773

Replaces Prohibiting motor vehicle tracking devices without consent

MA H1895

Replaces Relative to summary process

MA H1920

Replaces Relative to combating hate in the Commonwealth

MA H1802

Replaces Addressing squatter’s rights

MA H1868

Replaces Requiring only a justice to remove a trial default of a defendant who fails to appear at trial

MA H1777

Replaces Relative to expanding protections against incest

MA H1665

Replaces Related to Down syndrome

MA H1826

Replaces Relative to the transfer of the Victim Compensation Fund

MA H1793

Replaces Relative to fetal homicide

MA H1792

Replaces Relative to juvenile restitution

MA H2027

Replaces To protect electronic privacy

MA H1827

Replaces Relative to police reports involving railroad fatalities

MA H1595

Replaces To protect the confidentiality of journalistic news sources and information

MA H2031

Replaces Relative to domestic violence reports and confidentiality

MA H1598

Replaces Relative to transparency in clerk magistrate hearings

MA H1584

Replaces Establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs and grave markers

MA H1744

Replaces To prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking

MA H1810

Replaces Protecting honest employers by creating construction private attorney general actions

MA H1891

Replaces Providing for a study on the trial court department

MA H1700

Replaces Relative to noise reduction devices

MA H1713

Replaces To protect victims of rape and children conceived during the commission of said offense

MA H1628

Replaces Relative to penalties for unlicensed work

MA H1893

Replaces To stop profiling transgender people and low-income women

MA H1945

Replaces Establishing a commission to study judicial accountability in the Commonwealth

MA H1593

Replaces Protecting minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials

MA H2033

Replaces Relative to pill press machines

MA H1820

Replaces Providing increased protections from harassment and discrimination on the basis of height

MA H1861

Replaces Providing transparency in third party litigation financing

MA H1751

Replaces Concerning a right of publicity

MA H2007

Replaces Concerning nondisclosure agreements relative to sexual harassment and discrimination

MA H2054

Replaces To end mandatory life without the possibility of parole for the age of 21-25 and 364 days

MA H1816

Replaces Relative to health care proxy storage and activation

MA H2015

Replaces Relative to false reporting of an emergency

MA H1907

Replaces Relative to appealing a notice of disinvitation

MA H2023

Replaces Restoring judicial discretion in controlled substance cases

MA H1970

Replaces Relative to transfer of actions to the housing court

MA H1959

Replaces Establishing reasonable limitations on the solitary confinement of inmates 21 years of age or younger

MA H1942

Replaces Relative to the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act

MA H2040

Replaces Relative to domestic violence Kianna's Law

MA H1701

Replaces Relative to drug distribution causing death

MA H1657

Replaces Relative to expungement of juvenile and young adult records

MA H1687

Replaces Relative to the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund

MA H1587

Replaces Relative to justice for survivors

MA H1808

Replaces Maintaining the integrity of sex offender classifications

MA H1607

Replaces Protecting bank employees and customers

MA H1858

Replaces Relative to removing criminal penalties for limited psilocybin possession

MA H1785

Replaces Relative to CORI fees

MA H1705

Replaces Relative to patient care access

MA H1976

Replaces To track the implementation of the Brangan ruling

MA H1719

Replaces To further protect children

MA H1737

Replaces Relative to historic homes

MA H1658

Replaces To enhance fairness and increase positive outcomes for children

MA H1809

Replaces Relative to protection of a deceased family member against foreclosure and other civil action

MA H1648

Replaces For providing for the training, continuing training, and education of judges, and other legal hearing officers

MA H2044

Replaces Relative to petit treason

MA H1881

Replaces Granting Indian tribes access to the Massachusetts courts

MA H2002

Replaces Relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims

MA H2051

Replaces To end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults

MA H1698

Replaces Permitting the adoption of embryos

MA H1956

Replaces To define inducing a minor into prostitution

MA H1906

Replaces Relative to felony threshold for multiple theft offenses

MA H1782

Replaces Relative to the protection of children

MA H1875

Replaces To protect the citizens of the Commonwealth from drunk drivers

MA H1951

Replaces ERPO Study Commission

MA H1727

Replaces Relative to increasing racial diversity among judges in Massachusetts

MA H1714

Replaces Increasing parental involvement with childcare

MA H1615

Replaces Preventing an individual’s image and voice from exploitation

MA H1602

Replaces Relative to uniform real property electronic recordings

MA H1763

Replaces Relative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism

MA H1986

Replaces Resolutions providing for the ratification of the child labor amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

MA H2028

Replaces Improving juvenile justice data collection

MA H1975

Replaces Relative to adoptions

MA H1684

Replaces To amend the civil rights law, in relation to reporting a non-emergency incident involving a member of a protected class

MA H1821

Replaces Relative to jury duty parking fees

MA H1896

Replaces Providing for the allowance of early evidence kits

MA H1865

Replaces Relative to high speed chases

MA H1706

Replaces To encourage quality reviews and reduce costs in health care

MA H1923

Replaces To promote public safety and better outcomes for youth

MA H1852

Replaces Prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in Family and Juvenile Court proceedings

MA H1806

Replaces To expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court

MA H1661

Replaces To protect victims of rape and children conceived during the commission of said offense

MA H1905

Replaces Relative to civil liability for protecting one’s home

MA H1829

Replaces Eliminating the statute of limitation in civil child sexual abuse cases

MA H2019

Replaces Ensuring equitable access to cannabis related expungement

MA H1757

Replaces Restoring the furlough program for incarcerated persons

MA H1784

Replaces Relative to the enticement of children online

MA H1983

Replaces Relative to unlawful practices in the servicing and foreclosure of a subordinate mortgage

MA H1867

Replaces Relative to emerging adult life sentences for first-degree murder

MA H1694

Replaces Providing civil legal remedies for victims of economic abuse

MA H1874

Replaces Improving medical decision making

MA H1854

Replaces Relative to fires and explosions

MA H1930

Replaces Empowering student-athletes through NIL rights

MA H1759

Replaces Regarding joint venture

MA H2035

Replaces To prevent aiding, supporting, or enticing a child to runaway

MA H1629

Replaces Relative to the indemnity of public employees

MA H1912

Replaces Relative to the land court permit session

MA H1726

Replaces Relative to criminal disposition of limited psilocybin possession offenses

MA H1748

Replaces Relative to preventing suicide

MA H1710

Replaces Relative to shared parenting

MA H1899

Replaces Related to educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults

MA H1617

Replaces Relative to long-term protection of victims of violence

MA H1889

Replaces To eliminate disparate impact

MA H1947

Replaces Relative to small landlords

MA H1901

Replaces Protecting titles to real estate in Massachusetts

MA H2039

Replaces Relative to judgment for alimony

MA H1937

Replaces Relative to the Commonwealth’s right to appeal bail decisions

MA H1929

Replaces To expand juvenile court justice access

MA H1616

Replaces Increasing penalties for certain violent acts

MA H1981

Replaces Relative to the right to wear personal protective medical equipment

MA H1783

Replaces Removing state funded counsel for sex offender classification hearings

MA H2062

Replaces Relative to Winchendon District Court

MA H1788

Replaces Increasing the liability for permitting an intoxicated arrestee to operate a motor vehicle

MA H1704

Replaces To prevent aiding, supporting, or enticing a child to runaway

MA H1586

Replaces Relative to selling tattooing, branding, body piercing kit or device to an unlicensed body art practitioner or minor

MA H1999

Replaces Establishing a permanent commission to study the service standards for sexual assault and domestic violence service providers

MA H2053

Replaces Modernizing child support

MA H1699

Replaces Relative to throwing objects at motor vehicles

MA H1789

Replaces Relative to profits from crime

MA H1840

Replaces To enhance safety and security in courthouses

MA H1755

Replaces For second look

MA H2011

Replaces Relative to bodily autonomy and family integrity

MA H1716

Replaces Prohibiting court ordered visitation rights to any persons convicted of criminal offenses against a minor

MA H2036

Replaces Prohibiting electronic tracking of motor vehicles

MA H1749

Replaces Relative to a humane response to a mental health crisis

MA H1846

Replaces Bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court

MA H2063

Replaces Relative to corrections officer safety

MA H1633

Replaces Updating and clarifying the statute relating to “upskirting”

MA H1964

Replaces Relative to uniform partition of heirs property

MA H1903

Replaces Addressing racial disparity in jury selection

MA H1702

Replaces Relative to sex offenders

MA H1680

Replaces Relative to a ban on Kratom

MA H1729

Replaces Relative to abuse prevention

MA H1961

Replaces Relative to life without parole

MA H1843

Replaces Resolve establishing a durable power of attorney review commission

MA H1917

Replaces To ensure fair access to compensation for victims of human trafficking and forced labor

MA H1944

Replaces Relative to the elective share of surviving spouses

MA H2058

Replaces Relative to state compliance with detainer requests

MA H1926

Replaces Relative to tenant data privacy

MA H1915

Replaces Relative to the malicious doxing of personal information

MA H1605

Replaces Relative to juror comprehension

MA H1862

Replaces Relative to car theft with digital devices

MA H1736

Replaces Relative to determining capacity and invoking the health care proxy

MA H2047

Replaces Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses

MA H1805

Replaces To enhance the authority of courts to protect public safety

MA H1940

Replaces To adopt the uniform family law arbitration act

MA H1924

Replaces Relative to the well-being of new mothers and infants

MA H1990

Replaces Relative to civil asset forfeiture transparency and data reporting

MA H2020

Replaces Relative to rental protections for elderly, disabled and low-to-middle income tenants

MA H1776

Replaces To ban phishing

MA H1779

Replaces Relative to school bus stop safety

MA H1984

Replaces Protecting youth during custodial interrogations

MA H1908

Replaces To prohibit the sale of "energy drinks" to persons under the age of 18

MA H1677

Replaces To improve contract provisions waiving certain rights

MA H1715

Replaces Relative to locating missing persons via mobile data (Kelsey's Bill)

MA H1786

Replaces Prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together

MA H1872

Replaces To improve transparency in alleged police misconduct

MA H1972

Replaces Relative to judicial compensation

MA H1922

Replaces Relative to fair investment

MA H1660

Replaces Relative to juvenile fines, fees, and restitution

MA H1988

Replaces Establishing a commission regarding the privacy of sensitive information in legal documents

MA H1799

Replaces Relative to check fraud prevention

MA H1842

Replaces Providing a stipend for first justices and regional administrative justices

MA H1801

Replaces To provide continuum of care for severe mental illness

MA H2645

Replaces Relative to the sex offender registry

MA H1973

Replaces Protecting personal security

MA H1742

Replaces To clarify the charitable purposes of certain organizations

MA H1681

Replaces Further regulating the discharge of fireworks in densely populated neighborhoods

MA H1610

Replaces Relative to drug driving

MA H2037

Replaces Relative to domestic abuse protection, "Katherine's Law"

MA H2004

Replaces Prohibiting child sex dolls

MA H2013

Replaces Relative to drug induced homicide

MA H2057

Replaces Ensuring the safety and dignity of first responders (Halo Act)

MA H1853

Replaces To enhance the availability of immunity to witnesses in the courts of the Commonwealth

MA H2042

Replaces Relative to child protection

MA H1841

Replaces Relative to the intimidation of witnesses and interfering with justice

MA H2043

Replaces To protect victims of stalking in violation of harassment prevention orders

MA H1697

Replaces Relative to psychological evaluations for persons considered a danger to themselves or others

MA H1844

Replaces Regulating fees for the registration of attorneys

MA H1745

Replaces To study the delivery of medical care to persons held in custody

MA H1599

Replaces For the Youth Court Justice Fund

MA H1791

Replaces Establishing mandatory post release supervision in the Commonwealth

MA H2018

Replaces Relative to prison reform

MA H1957

Replaces To ensure the ability to prosecute repeat OUI offenses

MA H2022

Replaces Relative to prohibiting eviction without good cause

MA H1604

Replaces Regarding district court jurisdiction of threats to use deadly weapons, explosives, chemical or biological agents, or other devices or substances capable of causing death, serious bodily injury or substantial property damage

MA H1626

Replaces Preventing rampant online technological exploitation and criminal trafficking

MA H2014

Replaces Designating the Chelsea District Courthouse as The Kevin G. Murphy Judicial Center

MA H1992

Replaces Relative to body worn cameras

MA H1693

Replaces To remove collateral consequences and protect the presumption of innocence

MA H1666

Replaces Relative to capital punishment for the murder of law enforcement officers

MA H1952

Replaces Promoting access to counsel and housing stability in Massachusetts

MA H2052

Replaces To reduce mass incarceration

MA H1664

Replaces Relative to rent escrow

MA H1888

Replaces Regarding the quantum of proof in care and protection and termination of parental rights cases

MA H2009

Replaces Supporting and honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawful detainments (SHIELD Act)

MA H1813

Replaces Promoting fairness in parole

MA H1909

Replaces Relative to landlords accountability with regard to drug houses

MA H1904

Replaces Relative to criminal investigations

MA H1879

Replaces To ensure backyard privacy

MA H1656

Replaces Relative to the reckless discharge of firearms

MA H1910

Replaces Regarding willful injury to public defenders and other court personnel

MA H1723

Replaces To eliminate the charitable immunity cap

MA H1866

Replaces Relative to the tax status of alimony

MA H1825

Replaces Relative to employees of private railroads

MA H1790

Replaces Protecting children from domestic violence

MA H1950

Replaces Relative to voluntary personal representatives

MA H1817

Replaces Standardizing consideration of pets in divorce and separation

MA H2056

Replaces Relative to fentanyl arrests (Tatiana's Law)

MA H1689

Replaces Clarifying the child advocate’s authority to access juvenile records

MA H3991

Replaces Relative to ensuring the equitable protection of homestead

MA H3992

Replaces Relative to trials for personal injuries involving a motor vehicle accident

MA H4017

Replaces To eliminate parental alienation

MA H4016

Replaces Regarding human nature

MA H4018

Replaces Protecting assault survivors

MA H4045

Replaces Relative to establishing a special commission to study child support

MA H4046

Replaces Relative to establishing a special commission to study alimony

MA H4066

Replaces Expanding homestead protections

MA H4065

Replaces Relative to supporting survivors of domestic violence and enhancing child welfare

MA H4064

Replaces To safeguard judicial integrity through enhanced witness protection

MA H4164

Replaces Relative to Anti-SLAPP law reforms

MA H4199

Replaces Protecting victims of childhood sexual abuse and holding perpetrators accountable

MA H4218

Replaces To reform the parole board

MA H4412

Replaces Relative to witness intimidation

MA H4684

Replaces Ensuring law enforcement identification and public trust

MA H4736

Replaces Relative to protecting the public from street takeovers

Previously Filed As

MA H5318

Study Order

MA H5307

Study Order

MA H4883

Study Order

MA H5149

Study Order

MA H5311

Study Order

MA H5323

Study Order

MA H5352

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MA H5336

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MA H4931

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MA H5080

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