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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill An Act relative to the penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation An Act relative to the penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4606 Massachusetts H 4606 (191st)
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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

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; origin ocd-bill/5da12fb0-8613-4955-9df0-3fefcb7e2d59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).