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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency"
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description: "An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "191st"
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identifier: "H 4647"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4647 (191st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergency"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2020-04-15"
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last_action: "2020-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34b26e4d-03f8-4d58-8170-bf3922be38b9"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4647"
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source_hash: "b74fccee7fd8806c07e03966522935b38960f439ad06bf439fec1a2233e464df"
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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 H 4647 (191st) — An Act providing for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 Emergency
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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/191/H4647.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergency — primary (person)
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- Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
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- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel J. Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel R. Cullinane — cosponsor (person)
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- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth A. Poirier — cosponsor (person)
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
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- James M. Kelcourse — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay D. Livingstone — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
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- Marjorie C. Decker — cosponsor (person)
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- Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-04-15** Reported from the committee of conference
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- **2020-04-15** Reported on H4615
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- **2020-04-15** Rules suspended
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- **2020-04-15** Committee of conference report accepted
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- **2020-04-16** Rules suspended
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- **2020-04-16** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
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- **2020-04-17** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2020-04-17** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2020-04-17** Enacted `passage`
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- **2020-04-17** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2020-04-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 `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/34b26e4d-03f8-4d58-8170-bf3922be38b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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