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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 201: An Act to bring child support home

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 201 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act to bring child support home. It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): Accompanied a new draft, see H4910.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Armini of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 201) of Christine P. Barber, Jennifer Balinsky Armini and others relative to child support enforcement. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jenny ArminiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Essex
Michelle BadgerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Plymouth
Christine BarberCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34th Middlesex
Carmine GentileCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Middlesex
Natalie HigginsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Worcester
Tara HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18th Middlesex
Mary KeefeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Worcester
Sam MontañoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Suffolk
Tram NguyenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18th Essex
Lindsay SabadosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Hampshire
Steve UltrinoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33rd Middlesex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Accompanied a new draft, see H4910
  2. Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
  3. Senate concurred
  4. Referred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source