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MA H 1329

introduced

An Act temporarily protecting recently widowed spouses from foreclosure

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Description

By Representative Sousa of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1329) of Priscila S. Sousa that mortgage lenders delay foreclosure proceedings after certain borrower deaths. Financial Services.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-19 — Read second and ordered to a third reading
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Priscila S. Sousaprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

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  2. 2025-02-27

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-11-07

    Hearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-11-07

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to include Virtual

  5. 2025-11-14

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  6. 2025-11-18

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  7. 2025-11-18

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  8. 2025-11-18

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  9. 2026-02-19

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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  10. 2026-03-19

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  11. 2026-03-19

    Rules suspended

  12. 2026-03-19

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1329

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