Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill
H 2042: An Act relative to child protection
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
H 2042 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to child protection. Primary sponsor: Dave Vieira (Republican). It lists 136 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2026): Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27).
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 Representative Vieira of Falmouth (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2042) of Pam Vidal , Susan C. Daniels and Diane Sue Dorrington relative to matters harmful to minors. The Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Vieira | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 3rd Barnstable |
| Lisa Ann Adams | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Deborah Aguiar | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Carlos Aguilera | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Christos Alex | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Maria Alex | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Virginia Apel | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Erica Aucoin | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Devansh Bajaj | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Judith Barnwell | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Molly Bergman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Lisa Blais | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Karen Bolger | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jeffrey Bolger | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Brooke Brandow | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kristen Brissette | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kimberly Brooks | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kathleen Brosnahan | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Robert F. Brown | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Elizabeth Brown | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jessi Buckmaster | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Burrows | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Janice D. Busalacchi | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Suzanne Buzanoski | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| David Buzanoski | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Stacy M. Byrne | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Penelope Caicedo | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Barbara Cannon | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Sabine Cappa | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Andrison Carrera | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Alley Catyb | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Peter Coleman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| David Cromwick | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Ellen D'Ovidio | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Susan C. Daniels | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Stephen Daniels | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Densler | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Chelsea Derks | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Richard Dorrington | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Diane Sue Dorrington | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Keith Dorrington | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Elizabeth Doughty | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Deborah R. Dugan | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Amy Durant | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Brandon Edsall | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jessica Edsall | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Tomas Etzold | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Gaskey | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 2nd Plymouth |
| Carol Goss | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Bonnie Haas | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Timothy Hickey | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Linda Anne Hickling | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| David K. Hines | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Sally Hockenbury | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Sharon Hoff | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Erich Horgan | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Christina Howell | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kathryn P. Hubby | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Robert N. Hubby | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Fay Hudson | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Eric R. Imbornone | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Joyce Kaye | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Richard Kelleher | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Andrea L. Keohane | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Robin Kikuchi | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Bill Kirwin | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Knowles | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Laureen Knowles | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Lois Libby | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Charles A. LoPresto | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kelly A. LoPresto | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| James Lyons | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Bernadette Lyons | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kari MacRae | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Keri Malm | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kristopher Malm | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Stephen Marsh | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Marcy McCauley | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Scot McCauley | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jason McCutchen | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Michael McGee | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Mary F. McGurn | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Patricia McLean | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Shelley A. McMahon | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Sarah Means | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Dara Midwood | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Samuel D. Miele | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Joanne Miksis | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Philip Minasi | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Paul Moran | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Janet Morris | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Dr. Anne Mulhern | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Jeff Myers | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Debbie Myers | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Christina O'Shea | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Mary O’Sullivan | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Artem Orlov | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Gene J. Parini | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Tracy Payne | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Amanda Pearce | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John Pepi | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| George Perivolarakis | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Matthew Quilitzsch | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Margaret B. Reali | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Mary Reynolds | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| David Rizza | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Patricia N. Rizza | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Blake Robertson | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Marylou Rocha | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Cindy Rogers | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Janet Ryder | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Yoshika Sangal | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| John T. Sardina | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kelley Jaye Sardina | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Dianna Saunders | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kathleen M. Scanlon | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Philip Scheurer | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Penny Scholl | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Christopher Sennott | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Pamela Sosnowski | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Phyllis Sprout | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Brian Dorrington, Sr. | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Avery Talbot | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Francis Taylor | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Anita Texeira | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Karen M. Thomas | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Karen Thomas | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Leslie Trager | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Grace Tucci | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kara Vanicsek | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Anthony Ventresca | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Pam Vidal | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Gerardo Viglione | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Bob Volpe | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Judith Walker | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| William Winters | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Paula Wiseman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
- Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
- Senate concurred
- Referred to the committee on The Judiciary