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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns"
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description: "An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "190th"
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identifier: "S 2646"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2646 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Animal Welfare and Safety"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-07-31"
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last_action: "2018-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3b5a5aa-439d-419b-839b-b15daaa7cfc1"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2646"
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source_hash: "ed05851199c3a468e4f0d68f6926900f74f6e5cd2d0b94c5e8d07f279a42300b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts S 2646 (190th) — An Act to protect animal welfare and safety in cities and towns
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2646.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Animal Welfare and Safety — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-07-31** Reported from the committee of conference
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- **2018-07-31** Reported on S2347
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- **2018-07-31** Accompanied by S2347
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- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
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- **2018-07-31** Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #570 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
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- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
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- **2018-07-31** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 517)
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- **2018-08-02** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-08-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 219 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3b5a5aa-439d-419b-839b-b15daaa7cfc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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