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December 06, 2025 Clouds | 28°F
The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on the Judiciary

Bill Bill Title Sponsor
S.630  relative to counsel appointed to habitual offender cases William N. Brownsberger
S.632  relative to prejudgment interest William N. Brownsberger
S.637  An Act relative to a surcharge on criminal cases Gale D. Candaras
S.639  An Act relative to the rate of compensation paid to court appointed attorneys. Gale D. Candaras
S.646  An Act providing further protection for grand jurors Katherine M. Clark
S.651  An Act reforming the judicial system Katherine M. Clark
S.653  An Act relative to the service of civil process Katherine M. Clark
S.662  An Act relating to costs of appeals by the Commonwealth Cynthia S. Creem
S.665  An Act relative to certain fraudulent instruments filed in the land court Cynthia S. Creem
S.670  An Act improving juror service Cynthia S. Creem
S.671  An Act improving juror service responses Cynthia S. Creem
S.672  An Act on appellate jurisdiction Cynthia S. Creem
S.673  An Act on court cost of indigent persons Cynthia S. Creem
S.677  An Act regarding judicial disqualification. Cynthia S. Creem
S.680  An Act relative to certain proceedings relating to corporations Cynthia S. Creem
S.681  An Act regulating notaries public to protect consumers. Cynthia S. Creem
S.686  An Act relative to supplementary process Cynthia S. Creem
S.687  An Act relative to insubstantial, frivolous or bad faith claims in district and municipal courts Cynthia S. Creem
S.688  An Act to permit independent enforcement of restitution orders in criminal cases. Cynthia S. Creem
S.689  An Act to authorize transfer of supplementary proceedings when the judgment debtor moves to another district. Cynthia S. Creem
S.691  An Act to clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check. Cynthia S. Creem
S.695  An Act relative to the jurisdiction of the Suffolk County Housing Court Cynthia S. Creem
S.696  An Act relative to small claims Cynthia S. Creem
S.699  An Act to remove an inconsistency between c.246, sec 40 and c.235 sec 16 Cynthia S. Creem
S.707  An Act to require the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages. Cynthia S. Creem
S.717  relating to the advisory board to the justices of the supreme judicial court Sal N. DiDomenico
S.725  relative to the expungement of records of persons falsely accused and juveniles James B. Eldridge
S.734  An Act relative to the criminal history systems board. Jennifer L. Flanagan
S.737  An Act relative to the transfer of assistant clerk magistrates. Jennifer L. Flanagan
S.738  An Act relative to Board of Bar Overseers annual registration fees Jennifer L. Flanagan
S.752  An Act relative to jury service Thomas P. Kennedy
S.773  An Act allowing local wetlands bylaw decisions to be appealed to land court Michael O. Moore
S.778  An Act to expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court Michael J. Rodrigues
S.779  An Act relative to standing to file certain appeals in the superior or land court Michael J. Rodrigues
S.781  relative to small claims Stanley C. Rosenberg
S.800  An act relative to recording court proceedings Bruce E. Tarr
S.821  Consumer Legal Equalization Act Bruce E. Tarr
S.828  An Act relative to essential regional services James E. Timilty
S.830  An Act to promote public safety through the equitable allocation of funding for prosecutors and public defenders in the Commonwealth. James E. Timilty
S.835  An Act relative to municipal safety zones James E. Timilty
S.839  An Act relative to the age limit of certain clerks of courts Daniel A. Wolf
S.840  An Act relative to the assignment of counsel for judges Daniel A. Wolf
S.841  relative to the hours of the District Courts and certain filing fees Daniel A. Wolf
S.842  relative to the Massachusetts Judicial Conference Daniel A. Wolf
H.33  making uniform certain aspects of mediation NONE
H.34  establishing uniform collaborative law NONE
H.35  revising the law recognizing foreign court money judgments NONE
H.1187  An Act to establish the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments Ruth B. Balser
H.1201  An Act relative to community service to expedite the sealing of delinquency records John J. Binienda
H.1222  An act to allow audiovisual depositions Garrett J. Bradley
H.1228  An Act regarding assistant court clerks Michael D. Brady
H.1235  An Act defining court administrative records as public records Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.1240  An Act to fund youth courts Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.1245  An Act to exempt family members of murder victims from jury service James M. Cantwell
H.1253  regulating the payment of interest Tackey Chan
H.1286  An Act relative to financing of the judicial system Viriato Manuel deMacedo
H.1290  An Act relative to naturalization proceedings Geoff Diehl
H.1298  An Act relative to the service of civil process James J. Dwyer
H.1300  An Act relative to court filing fees for noncriminal offenses James J. Dwyer
H.1310  An Act relative to the administration of sealing criminal cases John V. Fernandes
H.1311  An Act relative to the sealing of criminal records John V. Fernandes
H.1323  An Act to permit purging of juveniles delinquency records Gloria L. Fox
H.1324  An Act to designate the courthouse in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston as the Edward O. Gourdin Courthouse Gloria L. Fox
H.1325  An Act relative to the sealing of youthful offender and the expungement of juvenile records Gloria L. Fox
H.1337  An Act relative to the enhancement of regional services William C. Galvin
H.1346  relative to a court approved parent education program Colleen M. Garry
H.1372  An Act protecting personal information Patricia A. Haddad
H.1373  An Act To Repeal Chapter 234 Patricia A. Haddad
H.1374  An Act relative to the Middlesex Probate Court Sheila C. Harrington
H.1375  relative to creating a commission to study simplifying the Trial Court Sheila C. Harrington
H.1387  An Act relative to site plan review Kevin G. Honan
H.1389  An Act relative to bail fees Randy Hunt
H.1390  An Act relative to the advisory committee on personnel standards Randy Hunt
H.1391  An Act relative to the judicial advisory board Randy Hunt
H.1392  An Act relative to the jury management advisory committee Randy Hunt
H.1401  An Act relative to juror service Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1410  An Act providing for certain exemptions from jury duty Louis L. Kafka
H.1411  An Act relative to the collection of judgements Louis L. Kafka
H.1417  An Act to centralize public availability of prospective juror lists Louis L. Kafka
H.1418  An Act relative to the jurisdiction of the Stoughton District Court Louis L. Kafka
H.1420  An Act relative to the geographical jurisdiction of the housing court Jay R. Kaufman
H.1425  An Act designating the Essex Probate and Family Court as the Thaddeus M. Buczko Building John D. Keenan
H.1461  An Act to adequately compensate career prosecutors David Paul Linsky
H.1462  An Act regulating fees for the registration of attorneys David Paul Linsky
H.1484  An Act relative to Board of Bar Overseers annual registration fees John J. Mahoney
H.1514  An Act pertaining to judicial years of service James M. Murphy
H.1571  An Act relative to the award of attorney’s fees, staff time, costs and expenses in code enforcement matters Denise Provost
H.1586  An Act concerning electronic publication of certain legal notices Jeffrey N. Roy
H.1599  An Act modernizing notary services Tom Sannicandro
H.1609  An Act relative to the Franklin and Hampshire counties juvenile court John W. Scibak
H.1625  An Act relative to the jurisdiction of Peabody District Court Theodore C. Speliotis
H.1631  An Act relative to the compensation of judicial officers and cost of living adjustments Ellen Story
H.1635  An Act relative to stenographers and transcribers William M. Straus
H.1642  An Act to establish standards of conduct for district attorneys and provide for duties of the supreme judicial court and for penalties Benjamin Swan
H.1649  An Act relative to the advisory board to the justices of the supreme judicial court Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
H.1650  An Act relative to bail fees Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
H.1652  An Act relative to the advisory committee on personnel standards of the Massachusetts Trial Court Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
H.1671  An Act authorizing the town of Framingham to join the Housing Court Department Chris Walsh
H.1681  An Act relative to the maximum age for jurors Martha M. Walz
H.3230  An Act relative to electronic citations David B. Sullivan
H.3312  An Act relative to deputy assistant registers of the Hampden County probate court Michael J. Finn
H.3572  An Act relative to achieving pay parity for Massachusetts trial court chief probation officers John J. Binienda
H.3691  An Act reducing interest paid by local governments Josh S. Cutler
H.1519  An Act relative to court house closings during inclement weather Kevin J. Murphy
H.1541  An Act relative to the justices of the housing court Eugene L. O'Flaherty
S.1913  An Act relative to the Clerk of Courts Michael F. Rush
H.3747  An Act relative to the Clerks of Courts Nick Collins