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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act to rename the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, MassAbility, to reflect the self-determination and limitless possibilities of people with disabilities"
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description: "An Act to rename the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, MassAbility, to reflect the self-determination and limitless possibilities of people with disabilities"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4528"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4528 (193rd)"
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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: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-04-03"
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last_action: "2024-09-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a840a375-42e9-4aa7-93f8-9f5f073fecb4"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4528"
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source_hash: "a892129ae43c909ccc9c18e77b29a8d305eae7e9ad3be15c803c983adceb7f69"
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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 4528 (193rd) — An Act to rename the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, MassAbility, to reflect the self-determination and limitless possibilities of people with disabilities
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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/193/H4528.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
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- Maura T. Healey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-03** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
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- **2024-04-03** Pending new draft of H4161
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- **2024-04-03** New draft of H4161
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- **2024-04-03** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2024-04-03** Rules suspended
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- **2024-04-03** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-29** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2941 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-29** Rules suspended
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- **2024-08-29** Read second `reading-2`
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- **2024-08-29** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2941 `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-08-29** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2024-08-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-09-03** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2024-09-05** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2024-09-05** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2024-09-05** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2024-09-05** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-09-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-09-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2024 `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/a840a375-42e9-4aa7-93f8-9f5f073fecb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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