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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act protecting research animals"
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description: "By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 901) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others relative to the adoption of certain research animals. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "192nd"
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identifier: "H 901"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 901 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn C. Dykema"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-03-29"
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last_action: "2022-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d05ed1d5-80bc-4c0d-94b8-cb3e9ebedae4"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H901"
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source_hash: "f0fa717521cd030ae5fce93117f658b15d2aebfa4b8e9435ee6680ceef38d797"
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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 901 (192nd) — An Act protecting research animals
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By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 901) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others relative to the adoption of certain research animals. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
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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/192/H901.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Carolyn C. Dykema — primary (person)
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- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
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- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
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- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel M. Donahue — cosponsor (person)
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- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
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- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
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- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
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- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
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- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Jon Santiago — cosponsor (person)
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- Josh S. Cutler — cosponsor (person)
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- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia A. Haddad — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul A. Schmid, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven G. Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
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- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
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- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate concurred
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- **2021-11-09** Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2021 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
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- **2022-02-09** Accompanied by S613 and H890
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- **2022-02-09** 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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- **2022-02-10** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2022-02-10** Rules suspended
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- **2022-02-10** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-05-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-05-12** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-11** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2992
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- **2022-07-11** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-11** Read second `reading-2`
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- **2022-07-11** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2992 `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-07-11** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2022-07-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-07-12** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-26** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-26** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2022-07-26** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-07-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2022 `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/d05ed1d5-80bc-4c0d-94b8-cb3e9ebedae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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