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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act expanding access to adoption"
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description: "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)"
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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: "S 2616"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2616 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Rules"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a6c7a08-7fa9-4992-813d-1b0905e952dd"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2616"
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source_hash: "6ce64c7f529ef151992d6d1a254005294a667718b63201cc978b89296b00fefa"
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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 2616 (192nd) — An Act expanding access to adoption
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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)
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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/S2616.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Senate Committee on Rules — primary (person)
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- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Reported from the committee on Rules
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- **2022-01-10** Recommended new draft for S123
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- **2022-01-13** Substituted as a new draft for S123
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- **2022-01-13** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2022-01-13** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2022-01-13** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #116 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
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- **2022-01-18** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Reported from the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
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- **2022-01-26** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2022-01-26** Rules suspended
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- **2022-01-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-21** Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4566) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-31** Rules suspended
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- **2022-03-31** Senate concurred in the House amendment
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- **2022-04-04** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-04-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-04-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 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/4a6c7a08-7fa9-4992-813d-1b0905e952dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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