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

H 4416: An Act enhancing child welfare protections

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 4416 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on August 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act enhancing child welfare protections. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 22, 2025): New draft substituted, see H4644.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with DisabilitiesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
Russell HolmesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Suffolk
Jay LivingstoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Suffolk
Thomas MoakleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Chris WorrellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Suffolk

“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. New draft substituted, see H4644
  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
  3. Rules suspended
  4. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  6. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4644
  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. New draft of H227 and H262
  9. Reported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Sources

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