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Bill An Act expanding access to adoption Senate, January 10, 2022 -- The committee on Rules to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 123) that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2022, with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act expanding access to adoption” (Senate, No. 2616) us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd S 2616 Massachusetts S 2616 (192nd)
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Massachusetts S 2616 (192nd) — An Act expanding access to adoption

Senate, January 10, 2022 -- The committee on Rules to whom was referred the Senate Bill relative to expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 123) that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 13, 2022, with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled “An Act expanding access to adoption” (Senate, No. 2616)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Rules — primary (person)
  • Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Reported from the committee on Rules
  • 2022-01-10 Recommended new draft for S123
  • 2022-01-13 Substituted as a new draft for S123
  • 2022-01-13 Ordered to a third reading
  • 2022-01-13 Read third reading-3
  • 2022-01-13 Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
  • 2022-01-18 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  • 2022-01-26 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2022-01-26 Rules suspended
  • 2022-01-26 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-03-21 Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4566) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-03-31 Rules suspended
  • 2022-03-31 Senate concurred in the House amendment
  • 2022-04-04 Enacted passage
  • 2022-04-04 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-04-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a6c7a08-7fa9-4992-813d-1b0905e952dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).