---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation"
description: "An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "H 4744"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4744 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-06-12"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cef55fe2-74d8-426b-977f-b40e770fd32c"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4744"
source_hash: "67c8423f3c51b64d45c7d56f6ce15b9d71cb509d81cc577ff46235493367d6d3"
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 4744 (193rd) — An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation

## 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/193/H4744.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Abuse and Exploitation Prevention — primary (organization)
- Aaron L. Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
- Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher M. Markey — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
- David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
- Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
- James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Judith A. Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Donaghue — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus S. Vaughn — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret R. Scarsdale — cosponsor (person)
- Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
- Meghan K. Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Norman J. Orrall — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan C. Fattman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan M. Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
- Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
- Steven George Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
- Susan L. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
- Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-12** Reported from the committee of conference
- **2024-06-12** Reported on H4241
- **2024-06-12** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
- **2024-06-12** Rules suspended
- **2024-06-12** Committee of conference report accepted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119 )
- **2024-06-13** Rules suspended
- **2024-06-13** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #179 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
- **2024-06-13** Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 121 ) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cef55fe2-74d8-426b-977f-b40e770fd32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).