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

H 4646: An Act enhancing child welfare protections

Passed both chambers 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 4646 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on October 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act enhancing child welfare protections. It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 30, 2026): Reported by H5629.

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.

House bill No. 4644, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. October 22, 2025.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
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. Reported by H5629
  2. Committee of conference appointed (Comerford-Kennedy-O'Connor), in concurrence
  3. Senate insisted on its amendment
  4. Rules suspended
  5. Committee of conference appointed - (Livingstone-Garcia-Sullivan-Almeida)
  6. House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #192 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  9. Read third
  10. Ordered to a third reading
  11. Reprinted, as amended, see S3121
  12. Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3111

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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