MA H 638
introducedAn Act to protect library patron privacy
Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower
Description
By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 638) of Jay D. Livingstone, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Adrianne Pusateri Ramos for legislation relative to the privacy of library records. Education.
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2025-10-23 — Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Jay D. Livingstoneprimary
- Lindsay N. Sabadosacosponsor
- Adrianne Pusateri Ramoscosponsor
- Meghan K. Kilcoynecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-27
Referred to the committee on Education
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Senate concurred
2025-06-06
Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-09-25
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-10-23
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-10-23
Rules suspended
2025-10-23
Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2
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Votes
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Related bills
- Replaces: HD 1589
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