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

H 4637: An Act relative to civil rights and technology

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 4637 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on October 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to civil rights and technology. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on the Judiciary. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 20, 2026): Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means).

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on the JudiciaryPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat DuffyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Hampden
Mike FinnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Hampden
Lindsay SabadosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Hampshire

“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. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
  2. Rules suspended
  3. 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
  4. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5444
  6. New draft substituted, see H5444
  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. New draft of H1688 and H1978
  9. Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

Sources

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