Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

6.2 KiB

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill An Act promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options (House, No. 4785), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4999). us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd H 4999 Massachusetts H 4999 (193rd)
bill
enacted
1 11 0 2024-08-15 2024-08-23 openstates ocd-bill/ea0e5f03-d5b9-4a07-9356-81b7814a4ffc https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4999 b5c384a44b2fda93af7de0f96adcc43baa7f7239f86e5102282bc5dc2cdd2948 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-ma

Massachusetts H 4999 (193rd) — An Act promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options (House, No. 4785), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4999).

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Midwifery Care and Out-of-Hospital options — primary (organization)
  • Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
  • Adrianne Pusateri Ramos — cosponsor (person)
  • Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
  • Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Brandy Fluker Oakley — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
  • Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
  • Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
  • Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
  • Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
  • Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
  • Christopher J. Worrell — cosponsor (person)
  • Christopher Richard Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel M. Donahue — cosponsor (person)
  • Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
  • David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
  • David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
  • David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • David Paul Linsky — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawne Shand — cosponsor (person)
  • Dylan A. Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
  • Erika Uyterhoeven — cosponsor (person)
  • Estela A. Reyes — cosponsor (person)
  • Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
  • Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
  • Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
  • James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
  • James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
  • James J. O'Day — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)
  • Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
  • Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
  • John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
  • John Francis Moran — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
  • Jon Santiago — cosponsor (person)
  • Jonathan D. Zlotnik — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen R. LaNatra — 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)
  • Lydia Edwards — cosponsor (person)
  • Manny Cruz — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus S. Vaughn — cosponsor (person)
  • Margaret R. Scarsdale — cosponsor (person)
  • Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
  • Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
  • Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
  • Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
  • Nick Collins — cosponsor (person)
  • Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
  • Patricia A. Haddad — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
  • Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
  • Rob Consalvo — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
  • Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth B. Balser — cosponsor (person)
  • Sally P. Kerans — cosponsor (person)
  • Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
  • Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
  • Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
  • Susan Williams Gifford — cosponsor (person)
  • Tackey Chan — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
  • Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
  • Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
  • Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
  • Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
  • William F. MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
  • William J. Driscoll, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-08-15 Reported from the committee of conference
  • 2024-08-15 Reported on H4785
  • 2024-08-15 Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2024-08-15 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
  • 2024-08-15 Rules suspended
  • 2024-08-15 Committee of conference report accepted
  • 2024-08-15 Rules suspended
  • 2024-08-15 Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
  • 2024-08-15 Enacted passage
  • 2024-08-15 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2024-08-23 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 186 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea0e5f03-d5b9-4a07-9356-81b7814a4ffc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).