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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to animal welfare and reporting of animal cruelty, abuse or neglect"
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description: "An Act relative to animal welfare and reporting of animal cruelty, abuse or neglect"
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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 4911"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4911 (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: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-07-25"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daafb319-40e8-48fe-9964-7b910b605945"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4911"
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source_hash: "e9a87d671ffecac4aad309ccce28adbb643214bba4c535dd20a0f621320b792c"
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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 4911 (193rd) — An Act relative to animal welfare and reporting of animal cruelty, abuse or neglect
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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/H4911.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
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- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce J. Ayers — cosponsor (person)
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- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- James C. Arena-DeRosa — cosponsor (person)
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- James K. Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael O. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
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- Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
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- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
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- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-25** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
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- **2024-07-25** Pending new draft of H198
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- **2024-07-25** New draft of H198
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- **2024-07-25** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2024-07-25** Rules suspended
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- **2024-07-25** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2024-07-25** Passed to be engrossed - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 143 ) `passage`
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- **2024-07-29** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-09-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-09-26** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-09-30** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-09-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 222 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/daafb319-40e8-48fe-9964-7b910b605945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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