Steven T. James
House Clerk24 Beacon St - Room 145
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House of Representatives
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CALENDAR
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
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[At eleven o’clock A.M.]
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ORDERS OF THE DAY.
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12. [H. 3646] Bill directing the Worcester Regional Retirement System to grant creditable service to Nelson Burlingame (House, No. 3646). 3d. [06/20/23.] [Gordon-Honan.]
22. [S. 2369] Bill (S.) providing for the retirement of Greg Heath, a former firefighter of the city of Westfield (Senate, No. 2369). 3d. [07/17/23.] [Gordon-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
32. [H. 344] Bill creating a maximum allowable check-cashing rate (House, No. 344). 3d. [07/26/23.] [Chan-Honan.]
38. [H.4051] Engrossed Bill relative to the distribution of alcoholic beverages consumed in gaming establishments not within gaming areas (see House, No. 4051). [Michlewitz-Honan.]
[Being a printed copy of Section 15 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 (see House, No. 4040), which had been returned by Her Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see attachment D of House, No. 4055).]
[Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 08/10/23.]
45. [H. 685] Bill authorizing the town of Arlington to offer early voting in town elections (House, No. 685). 3d. [09/07/23.] [Ryan-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
56. [H. 3337] Bill designating historic routes (House, No. 3337). 3d. [10/10/23.] [Straus-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 2232.]
69. [H. 3652] Bill authorizing Holly Thyng to purchase creditable service from the Barnstable County Retirement Board (House, No. 3652). 3d. [10/26/23.] [Gordon-Honan.]
86. [H. 4132] Bill allowing electronic delivery receipts for certain bulk sale customers (House, No. 4132). 3d. [11/09/23.] [Chan-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 383.]
98. [H. 336] Bill updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements (House, No. 336). 3d. [11/20/23.] [Chan-Honan.]
99. [H. 2713] Bill authorizing the town of Charlemont to establish a tax on commercial recreation services (House, No. 2713). 3d. [11/20/23.] [Cusack-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
100. [H. 3044] Bill making October 25th Dwarfism awareness day in the Commonwealth (House, No. 3044). 3d. [11/20/23.] [Cabral-Honan.]
101. [H. 3090] Bill designating September as PCOS awareness month (House, No. 3090). 3d. [11/22/23.] [Cabral-Honan.]
102. [H. 3005] Bill banning hostile architecture targeting unhoused individuals (House, No. 3005). 3d. [11/27/23.] [Cabral-Honan.]
103. [H. 3085] Bill relative to educational collaboratives (House, No. 3085). 3d. [11/27/23.] [Cabral-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 3087.]
104. [H. 3948] Bill prohibiting state and municipal contracts for the purchase and installation of artificial turf fields (House, No. 3948). 3d. [11/27/23.] [Cabral-Honan.] [Representative Elliott of Lowell, of the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, dissents.]
105. [H. 2716] Bill relative to the town of Blandford volunteer fire department (House, No. 2716). 3d. [12/07/23.] [Cusack-Honan.]
110. [S. 1677] Bill (S.) providing for the retirement of Walter L. Guertin, a member of the fire department in the city of Attleboro (Senate, No. 1677). 3d. [12/14/23.] [Gordon-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 2549.] [Local Approval Received.]
115. [H. 4187] Bill authorizing the licensing authority of the town of Natick to establish minimum seating capacity for granting licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises (House, No. 4187). 3d. [12/18/23.] [Chan-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 3740.] [Local Approval Received.]
129. [S. 440] Bill to recall elected officials in the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea (printed as Senate, No. 440). 3d. [12/26/23.] [Ryan-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 440.] [Local Approval Received.]
135. [H. 3299] Bill to increase safety on public ways (House, No. 3299). 3d. [12/28/23.] [Straus-Honan.]
145. [H. 4046] Bill authorizing the town of Nantucket to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town of Nantucket held for park purposes to the Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc. for open space, recreational, and conservation purposes (House, No. 4046). 3d. [01/08/24.] [Fiola-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
146. [H. 4077] Bill authorizing the town of Nantucket to convey certain land situated in the town of Nantucket held for open space, recreational or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its legislation (House, No. 4077). 3d. [01/08/24.] [Fiola-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
149. [H. 2984] Bill designating the month of October as adopt a shelter dog month (House, No. 2984). 3d. [01/16/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
150. [H. 3026] Bill recognizing Sikh appreciation month (House, No. 3026). 3d. [01/18/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
152. [H. 3013] Bill directing the Superintendent of State Office Buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren (House, No. 3013). 3d. [01/25/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
153. [H. 4266] Bill protecting public higher education student information (House, No. 4266). 3d. [01/25/24.] [Rogers-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 844 and House, No. 1283.]
154. [H. 1918] Bill relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior (House, No. 1918). 3d. [01/29/24.] [Diggs-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1152.]
155. [H. 3043] Bill designating Dysautonomia & POTS awareness month (House, No. 3043). 3d. [01/29/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
157. [H. 1844] Bill to provide collective bargaining rights to employees of the mosquito control projects and mosquito control districts (House, No. 1844). 3d. [02/05/24.] [Diggs-Honan.]
158. [H. 243] Bill relative to sales at retail (House, No. 243). 3d. [02/08/24.] [Chan-Honan.]
159. [H. 368] Bill relative to telemarketer disclosures (House, No. 368). 3d. [02/08/24.] [Chan-Honan.]
160. [H. 351] Bill relative to consumer protection on online automobile franchise transactions (House, No. 351). 3d. [02/12/24.] [Chan-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 150.]
161. [H. 2077] Bill relative to veterans housing advantage (House, No. 2077). 3d. [02/12/24.] [Fiola-Honan.]
162. [H. 3091] Bill designating domestic workers’ rights day (House, No. 3091). 3d. [02/12/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
165. [S. 2516] Bill (S.) validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Whitman on May 20, 2023 (Senate, No. 2516). 3d. [02/15/24.] [Ryan-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
166. [H. 277] Bill to protect innovation and entrepreneurship in the Commonwealth (House, No. 277). 3d. [02/15/24.] [Chan-Honan.]
167. [H. 3893] Bill eliminating the residency requirement for fortune tellers (House, No. 3893). 3d. [02/15/24.] [Chan-Honan.]
169. [H. 97] Bill relative to agricultural crop and property destruction (House, No. 97). 3d. [02/20/24.] [Schmid-Honan.]
170. [H. 4291] Bill authorizing the town of Deerfield to continue the employment of police department members Michael W. Habel, Robert A. Thrasher, and Mark Jacques (House, No. 4291). 3d. [02/20/24.] [Gordon-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 3843.]
171. [H. 4396] Bill relative to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (House, No. 4396). 3d. [02/20/24.] [Livingstone-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 95 and House, No. 160.]
173. [H. 3261] Bill relative to increasing the fine for handicap parking violations for city/town implementation and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (House, No. 3261). 3d. [02/22/24.] [Straus-Honan.]
131. [H. 4064] Bill authorizing the town of Bernardston to continue the employment of fire chief Peter Shedd (House, No. 4064). Question on concurring with the Senate amendment. [Gordon-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
[Amended by the Senate by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in Senate document numbered 2671.]
[Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 02/26/24.]
176. [S. 1921] Bill (S.) authorizing the town of Norwell to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption (Senate, No. 1921). 3d. [02/26/24.] [Cusack-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
177. [H. 3075] Bill relative to Rosa Parks day (House, No. 3075). 3d. [02/26/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
179. [H. 4292] Bill modernizing birth certificates (House, No. 4292). 3d. [02/26/24.] [Decker-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1459 and House, No. 2273.]
180. [H. 234] Bill encouraging the growth of small businesses (House, No. 234). 3d. [02/29/24.] [McMurtry-Honan.] [Reported on House, Nos. 226 and 230.]
182. [H. 4076] Bill enhancing the Historic Beacon Hill District (House, No. 4076). 3d. [02/29/24.] [Fiola-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
186. [H. 3119] Bill designating January 30 of each year as Fred Korematsu day of civil liberties and the Constitution in Massachusetts (House, No. 3119). 3d. [03/04/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
187. [H. 3555] Bill relative to local option for associate members of planning boards (House, No. 3555). 3d. [03/04/24.] [Fiola-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 2086.]
188. [H. 4210] Bill establishing Massachusetts learning disability screening day (House, No. 4210). 3d. [03/04/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
190. [H. 4331] Bill relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints (House, No. 4331). 3d. [03/04/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1490.]
192. [H. 958] Bill relative to certain loans by the federal home loan bank (House, No. 958). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
193. [H. 995] Bill relative to motor vehicle service contracts (House, No. 995). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
194. [H. 4321] Bill relative to civil rights (House, No. 4321). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1004 and House, No. 1440.]
195. [H. 4322] Bill concerning the arrest without a warrant of persons on probation and temporary custody (House, No. 4322). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1441.]
196. [H. 4324] Bill relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes (House, No. 4324). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1443.]
197. [H. 4325] Bill to update expungement (House, No. 4325). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1444.]
198. [H. 4327] Bill to modify the rules for taking depositions outside the Commonwealth and to adopt the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act (House, No. 4327). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 939 and House, No. 1450.]
199. [H. 4332] Bill to simplify the administrative aspect of evidentiary use of medical information (House, No. 4332). 3d. [03/07/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1545.]
200. [H. 3248] Bill to protect Native American heritage (House, No. 3248). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Domb-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 2186.]
201. [H. 4350] Bill criminalizing sexual assault by fraud of a medical professional (House, No. 4350). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1122 and House, No. 1550.]
202. [H. 4352] Bill [sic] require the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages (House, No. 4352). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1559.]
203. [H. 4354] Bill increasing penalties for hit and runs with recreational vehicles in the Commonwealth to be known as the James Ward Act (House, No. 4354). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 1080 and House, No. 1609.]
204. [H. 4355] Bill relative to the offense of assault and battery upon a transit worker (House, No. 4355). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1669.]
205. [H. 4356] Bill promoting housing opportunity and mobility through eviction sealing (HOMES) (House, No. 4356). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on Senate, No. 956 and House, No. 1690.]
206. [H. 4358] Bill relative to nonprofit board member compensation (House, No. 4358). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1717.]
207. [H. 4361] Bill relative to tort actions for latent diseases (House, No. 4361). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Day-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1746.]
208. [H. 4429] Bill relative to fairness in debt collection (House, No. 4429). 3d. [03/11/24.] [Murphy-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1107.]
46. [H. 3575] Bill providing for recall elections in the town of Conway (House, No. 3575). [Ryan-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.] Question on concurring with the Senate amendment.
[Amended by the Senate in section 3, in lines 20 to 27, inclusive, by striking out the two sentences contained in those lines (as changed by the Senate committee on Bills in the Third Reading) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:
“Not later than 30 days from the date of delivery of the recall petition sheets, the 10 registered voters of the town to whom the town clerk delivered recall petition sheets shall file the signed recall petition sheets with the town clerk containing the signatures, names and street addresses of not less than 10 per cent of the registered voters of the town as of the date the initial recall affidavit was filed with the town clerk.”.]
[Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 03/14/24.]
209. [H. 85] Bill [sic] internet access on private ways (House, No. 85). 3d. [03/14/24.] [Farley-Bouvier-Honan.]
210. [H. 932] Bill relative to modernization of insurance laws (House, No. 932). 3d. [03/14/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
211. [H. 933] Bill providing mortgage customers additional mandatory information regarding their accounts (House, No. 933). 3d. [03/14/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
212. [H. 112] Bill relative to establishing a minimum age of entry for cannabis (House, No. 112). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Donahue-Honan.]
213. [H. 116] Bill relative to research by independent testing laboratories (House, No. 116). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Donahue-Honan.]
214. [H. 492] Bill requiring instruction in CPR and the use of defibrillators for high school graduation (House, No. 492). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Garlick-Honan.]
215. [H. 563] Bill concerning disposable menstrual products in schools (House, No. 563). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Garlick-Honan.]
216. [H. 624] Bill relative to councils on aging (House, No. 624). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Stanley-Honan.]
217. [H. 660] Bill relative to gender neutral language in elections law (House, No. 660). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Ryan-Honan.]
218. [H. 947] Bill to relative to an underinsurance issue (House, No. 947). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
219. [H. 957] Bill preserving the competitiveness of group auto and homeowners insurance plans (House, No. 957). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
220. [H. 981] Bill relative to notices by insurance companies (House, No. 981). 3d. [03/18/24.] [Murphy-Honan.]
50. [H. 3879] Bill establishing the appointed positions of town treasurer and tax collector in the town of Westwood (House, No. 3879). Question on concurring with the Senate amendment. [Fiola-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
[Amended by the Senate by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in Senate document numbered 2706.]
[Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 03/21/24.]
221. [H. 476] Bill providing for alternatives to fines for failure to send (House, No. 476). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Garlick-Honan.]
222. [H. 551] Bill updating the accuracy of membership to the state advisory council on early education and care (House, No. 551). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Garlick-Honan.]
223. [H. 690] Bill expanding ballot access for regional school district votes (House, No. 690). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Ryan-Honan.]
224. [H. 1303] Bill to ensure the right to install electric vehicle charging stations (House, No. 1303). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Arciero-Honan.]
225. [H. 2112] Bill relative to assessor certificates (House, No. 2112). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Fiola-Honan.]
226. [H. 2987] Bill to establish a COVID-19 remembrance day (House, No. 2987). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Cabral-Honan.]
227. [H. 4243] Bill validating a certain vote taken by the city of Attleboro in Ch.228 of the Acts of 2022 (House, No. 4243). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Ryan-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
228. [H. 4427] Bill relative to supporting student participation in 4-H programs (House, No. 4427). 3d. [03/21/24.] [Garlick-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 447.]
85. [H. 3986] Bill relative to the select board of the town of Uxbridge (House, No. 3986, amended). Question on concurring with the Senate amendment. [Fiola-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
[Amended by the House in section 2, in line 8, by inserting after the word “by-laws” the words “, zoning by-laws and the charter”.]
[Amended by the Senate by striking out, in line 8 the words “, zoning by-laws and the charter” (as inserted by amendment by the House) and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “and zoning by-laws”.]
[Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading – 03/25/24.]
229. [S. 398] Bill relative to councils on aging (printed as Senate, No. 398). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Stanley-Honan.]
230. [H. 104] Bill relative to seeds (House, No. 104). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Donahue-Honan.]
231. [H. 233] Bill improving housing opportunities (House, No. 233). 3d. [03/25/24.] [McMurtry-Honan.]
232. [H. 240] Bill relative to starter home school cost reimbursement (House, No. 240). 3d. [03/25/24.] [McMurtry-Honan.]
233. [H. 665] Bill clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot (House, No. 665). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Ryan-Honan.]
234. [H. 705] Bill relative to youth voter engagement (House, No. 705). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Ryan-Honan.]
235. [H. 1852] Bill relative to youth soccer referees (House, No. 1852). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Diggs-Honan.]
236. [H. 4426] Bill prohibiting employment discrimination based on legal use of cannabis (House, No. 4426). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Donahue-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 114.]
237. [H. 4428] Bill to promote the inclusion of American Sign Language in the Commonwealth’s public schools (House, No. 4428). 3d. [03/25/24.] [Garlick-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 466.]
238. [S. 2544] Bill (S.) providing for the designation of polling locations in the city of Gloucester (Senate, No. 2544). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Ryan-Honan.] [Local Approval Received.]
239. [H. 409] Bill relative to the town of Avon (House, No. 409). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Parisella-Honan.]
240. [H. 811] Bill relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren (House, No. 811). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Cahill-Honan.]
241. [H. 1269] Bill relative to the Honorable George V. Kenneally, Jr. (House, No. 1269). 3d. [03/28/24.] [D. Rogers-Honan.]
242. [H. 1999] Bill relative to student mental health (House, No. 1999). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Madaro-Honan.] [Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, of the committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, dissents.]
243. [H. 2947] Bill regarding late payments and interest rates for real estate bills and personal property taxes (House, No. 2947). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Cusack-Honan.]
244. [H. 3527] Bill increasing access to medical care for veterans (House, No. 3527). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Cassidy-Honan.]
245. [H. 3533] Bill relative to courtesy retail parking spaces designed for non-handicapped veterans (House, No. 3533). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Cassidy-Honan.]
246. [H. 3551] Bill facilitating site plan review (House, No. 3551). 3d. [03/28/24.] [Arciero-Honan.] [Reported on House, No. 1333.] [Representative DeCoste of Norwell, of the committee on Housing, dissents.]
247. [S. 2698] Bill validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Whitman on May 20, 2023 (printed as Senate, No. 2698). 3d. [04/01/24.] [Ryan-Honan.]
248. [H. 3316] Bill establishing a pilot program allowing for in-person payment of daily parking fees at certain commuter rail stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (House, No. 3316). 3d. [04/01/24.] [Straus-Honan.]
249. [H. 3471] Bill relative to the enhancement of child safety (House, No. 3471). 3d. [04/01/24.] [Straus-Honan.]
250. [H. 3475] Bill increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus (House, No. 3475). 3d. [04/01/24.] [Straus-Honan.]
251. [H. 3505] Resolve relative to recognition for the Naval Armed Guard Service (House, No. 3505). 3d. [04/01/24.] [Cassidy-Honan.]
191. [H. 2064] Bill to establish commonsense permitting reforms for businesses and landowners (House, No. 2064). 2d. [Fiola-Honan.]
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252. [H. 1955] Bill prohibiting employment discrimination based on the legal use of cannabis (House, No. 1955). 2d. [Diggs-Honan.] [Representative Soter of Bellingham, of the committee on Labor and Workforce Development, dissents.]
253. [H. 3016] Resolutions establishing the annual observance of COVID-19 Remembrance Days (House, No. 3016). Question on adoption. [Cabral-Honan.]
254. [H. 3484] Resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to declare the city of Quincy as the most patriotic city in America (House, No. 3484). Question on adoption. [Cassidy-Honan.]
255. [H. 3486] Resolutions urging the Congress of the United States to update the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and remove excessive training requirements mandated for obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine (House, No. 3486). Question on adoption. [Cassidy-Honan.]
256. [H. 3502] Resolutions for a United States constitutional amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention (House, No. 3502). Question on adoption. [Cassidy-Honan.] [Senator Mark, of the committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, dissents.]
257. [H. 3507] Resolutions condemning political oppression and encouraging free and fair elections in Cambodia (House, No. 3507). 3d. [04/01/24.] Question on adoption. [Cassidy-Honan.]
258. [H. 3541] Resolutions calling on Article V of the United States Constitution for the convening of a convention of the states (House, No. 3541). Question on adoption. [Cassidy-Honan.] [Senator Mark and Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, of the committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, dissent.]
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