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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to statewide grand juries"
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description: "An Act relative to statewide grand juries"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "191st"
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identifier: "H 4603"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4603 (191st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joint Committee on the Judiciary"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2020-02-06"
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last_action: "2020-08-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94c5ac0f-be10-4828-8812-22bdf7d76c11"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4603"
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source_hash: "4bccfc44f01b5c6d453466ae7d93175005e3980a6ace545298bb3cd5f2022c3a"
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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 H 4603 (191st) — An Act relative to statewide grand juries
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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/191/H4603.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joint Committee on the Judiciary — primary (person)
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- Paul F. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy R. Whelan — cosponsor (person)
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- William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from the committee on The Judiciary
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- **2020-02-06** New draft of S855 and H1572
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- **2020-02-06** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2020-02-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2020-07-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2020-07-23** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2020-07-31** Rules suspended
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- **2020-07-31** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2020-07-31** Rules suspended
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- **2020-07-31** Enacted `passage`
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- **2020-07-31** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2020-08-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 146 of the Acts of 2020 `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/94c5ac0f-be10-4828-8812-22bdf7d76c11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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