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Bill An Act relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows An Act relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd H 4915 Massachusetts H 4915 (193rd)
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Massachusetts H 4915 (193rd) — An Act relative to the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
  • Aaron L. Saunders — cosponsor (person)
  • Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
  • Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
  • Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Angelo L. D'Emilia — cosponsor (person)
  • Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
  • Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
  • Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
  • Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
  • David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
  • David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
  • David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
  • David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
  • David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
  • Denise C. Garlick — cosponsor (person)
  • Estela A. Reyes — cosponsor (person)
  • F. Jay Barrows — cosponsor (person)
  • Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
  • Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
  • James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
  • James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
  • James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
  • James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
  • Jay D. Livingstone — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)
  • Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
  • Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
  • John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph D. McKenna — cosponsor (person)
  • Josh S. Cutler — cosponsor (person)
  • Judith A. Garcia — cosponsor (person)
  • Kate Donaghue — cosponsor (person)
  • Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
  • Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
  • Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
  • Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus S. Vaughn — cosponsor (person)
  • Margaret R. Scarsdale — cosponsor (person)
  • Marjorie C. Decker — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark J. Cusack — cosponsor (person)
  • Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael P. Kushmerek — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
  • Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
  • Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
  • Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul A. Schmid III — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
  • Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
  • Rob Consalvo — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
  • Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
  • Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
  • Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven George Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Owens — 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)
  • Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
  • William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
  • William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-07-25 Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
  • 2024-07-25 Pending new draft of H3245
  • 2024-07-25 New draft of H3245
  • 2024-07-25 Ordered to a third reading
  • 2024-07-25 Rules suspended
  • 2024-07-25 Read third reading-3
  • 2024-07-25 Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 144 ) passage
  • 2024-07-29 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2024-07-31 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2024-07-31 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2024-07-31 Enacted passage
  • 2024-07-31 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2024-08-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 168 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc3c9325-9ac1-401b-ac91-dc578cbe27ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).