Bill Commons

MA H 1877

in committee

An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker

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

Quick answers

Did MA H 1877 pass?

Not yet. MA H 1877 is in committee as of 2025-10-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-23): Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see H4645

What is MA H 1877 about?

By Representative McGonagle of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1877) of Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr., and others relative to the offense of assault and battery upon transit workers. The Judiciary.

Who sponsors MA H 1877?

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. is the primary sponsor of MA H 1877, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Description

By Representative McGonagle of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1877) of Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr., and others relative to the offense of assault and battery upon transit workers. The Judiciary.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-10-23 — Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see H4645
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.primary
  • Jessica Ann Gianninocosponsor
  • Tram T. Nguyencosponsor
  • David F. DeCostecosponsor
  • Brian W. Murraycosponsor
  • Steven George Xiarhoscosponsor
  • Paul J. Donatocosponsor
  • Adam J. Scanloncosponsor
  • Sean Reidcosponsor
  • Christopher J. Worrellcosponsor
  • Steven Ultrinocosponsor
  • Jay D. Livingstonecosponsor
  • Adrian C. Madarocosponsor
  • James M. Murphycosponsor
  • John J. Marsicosponsor
  • Rodney M. Elliottcosponsor
  • Thomas P. Walshcosponsor
  • Lindsay N. Sabadosacosponsor
  • David Bielecosponsor
  • Paul McMurtrycosponsor
  • David Henry Argosky LeBoeufcosponsor
  • Bradley H. Jones, Jr.cosponsor
  • Michael D. Bradycosponsor
  • Richard G. Wells, Jr.cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-04-29

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-08-18

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

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-28

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

  6. 2025-08-28

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-08-28

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  8. 2025-10-20

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2

  9. 2025-10-22

    Read third

    reading-3

  10. 2025-10-22

    Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted

  11. 2025-10-22

    Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H4645

    amendment-passage

  12. 2025-10-23

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new draft, see H4645

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1877

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:56.590024Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MA&identifier=H 1877. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.