---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation"
description: "An Act relative to the penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4606"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4606 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Committee on the Judiciary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da12fb0-8613-4955-9df0-3fefcb7e2d59"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4606"
source_hash: "155b369b3ea921723aca1709109679b8148102e753d22f29ee73a45686b98f8c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4606 (191st) — An Act relative to the penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4606.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on the Judiciary — primary (person)
- Aaron Michlewitz — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
- Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Ann-Margaret Ferrante — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
- Christina A. Minicucci — cosponsor (person)
- Chynah Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel M. Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Cullinane — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- David Biele — cosponsor (person)
- David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Denise C. Garlick — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Provost — cosponsor (person)
- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dylan A. Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth A. Poirier — cosponsor (person)
- Harold P. Naughton, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Harriette L. Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- James J. O'Day — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jay D. Livingstone — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Santiago — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- José F. Tosado — cosponsor (person)
- Julian Cyr — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth I. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
- Louis L. Kafka — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Duaime Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie C. Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Michael S. Day — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Nika C. Elugardo — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Brodeur — cosponsor (person)
- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Rady Mom — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- RoseLee Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Shaunna L. O'Connell — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Williams Gifford — cosponsor (person)
- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
- Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Golden, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Todd M. Smola — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- William L. Crocker, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-06** Reported from the committee on The Judiciary
- **2020-02-06** New draft of S834, H1466 and H3332
- **2020-02-06** Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-23** Reporting date extended to Friday May 1, 2020, pending concurrence
- **2020-03-26** Senate concurred
- **2020-04-29** Reporting date extended to Friday June 19, 2020, pending concurrence
- **2020-04-30** Senate concurred
- **2020-06-22** Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence
- **2020-07-13** Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
- **2020-07-13** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-13** Report rejected
- **2020-07-13** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-07-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-30** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2020-07-30** Read third `reading-3`
- **2020-07-30** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #266 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2020-07-30** Enacted - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 250) `passage`
- **2020-07-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-08-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da12fb0-8613-4955-9df0-3fefcb7e2d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).