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Bill	An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation	An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4744	Massachusetts H 4744 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	11	0	2024-06-12	2024-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/cef55fe2-74d8-426b-977f-b40e770fd32c	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4744	67c8423f3c51b64d45c7d56f6ce15b9d71cb509d81cc577ff46235493367d6d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4744 (193rd) — An Act to prevent abuse and exploitation

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Abuse and Exploitation Prevention — primary (organization)
• Aaron L. Saunders — cosponsor (person)
• Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
• Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
• Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
• Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
• Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
• Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
• Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher M. Markey — cosponsor (person)
• Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
• Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
• David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
• Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
• James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
• James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
• Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
• Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
• John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
• John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
• John F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
• Judith A. Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Donaghue — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
• Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Miranda — cosponsor (person)
• Lydia Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus S. Vaughn — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret R. Scarsdale — cosponsor (person)
• Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
• Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
• Meghan K. Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
• Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
• Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
• Norman J. Orrall — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
• Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
• Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
• Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
• Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan C. Fattman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan M. Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
• Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
• Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
• Steven George Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
• Susan L. Moran — cosponsor (person)
• Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
• Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
• Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
• Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
• Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
• William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-12 Reported from the committee of conference
• 2024-06-12 Reported on H4241
• 2024-06-12 Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
• 2024-06-12 Rules suspended
• 2024-06-12 Committee of conference report accepted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119 )
• 2024-06-13 Rules suspended
• 2024-06-13 Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #179 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
• 2024-06-13 Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 121 ) passage
• 2024-06-13 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-06-20 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cef55fe2-74d8-426b-977f-b40e770fd32c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).