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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts"
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description: "By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2294) of Sean Garballey, Kate Hogan and others relative to access to original birth certificates to persons born in the Commonwealth. Public Health."
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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: "H 2294"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 2294 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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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: "2021-03-29"
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last_action: "2022-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa65e52-d248-4024-a575-85563b132c37"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2294"
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source_hash: "28e784971809e379460fde98ca1fc8b5edef4980faa7efce1261aac11c227065"
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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 2294 (192nd) — An Act granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts
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By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2294) of Sean Garballey, Kate Hogan and others relative to access to original birth certificates to persons born in the Commonwealth. Public Health.
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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/H2294.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
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- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)
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- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- James J. O'Day — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. McKenna — cosponsor (person)
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- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kip A. Diggs — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Maria Duaime Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
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- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
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- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd M. Smola — cosponsor (person)
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- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to the committee on Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate concurred
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- **2021-04-28** Hearing scheduled for 05/10/2021 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
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- **2021-09-27** Accompanied by S1440
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- **2021-09-27** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-10-25** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2021-10-25** Rules suspended
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- **2021-10-25** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-11-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-01-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2022-07-29** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-29** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2022-07-29** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #229 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) `passage`
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- **2022-07-29** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-07-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-08-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 158 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/5aa65e52-d248-4024-a575-85563b132c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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