---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act regarding breakfast after the bell"
description: "An Act regarding breakfast after the bell"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4218"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4218 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-11-20"
last_action: "2020-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6cf2013-766c-4454-9a34-bf6952787e35"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4218"
source_hash: "6bbbbd3d1e157b1b677e4b3a75e93b0619c452369efa36c1275d77d9a3b922fe"
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 4218 (191st) — An Act regarding breakfast after the bell

## 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/H4218.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-20** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2019-11-20** Pending new draft of H591
- **2019-11-20** New draft of H591
- **2019-11-20** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-20** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-20** Read third `reading-3`
- **2019-11-20** Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No.134) `passage`
- **2019-11-21** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Order relative to subject matter adopted
- **2020-01-10** Accompanied by S267
- **2020-01-10** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2460 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-10** Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 16, 2020
- **2020-01-16** Read second `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2460, amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-16** Read third `reading-3`
- **2020-01-16** Reprinted as amended, see S2473
- **2020-01-16** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #158 (Yeas 35 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
- **2020-07-27** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of H4896 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-28** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-28** Senate concurred in the further House amendment
- **2020-07-28** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-28** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-28** Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 239) `passage`
- **2020-07-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 133 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/a6cf2013-766c-4454-9a34-bf6952787e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).