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H1655 • 2025

An Act to promote victim service funding

An Act to promote victim service funding

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Sponsor
Marjorie C. Decker
Last action
2025-10-20
Official status
Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-09:00 PM in A-2
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to promote victim service funding

An Act to promote victim service funding By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to promote victim service funding By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1655) of Marjorie C.
  • Decker relative to victim trust funds.
  • The Judiciary.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-09:00 PM in A-2

  2. 2025-09-11 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4466

  3. 2025-05-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to promote victim service funding
By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1655) of Marjorie C. Decker relative to victim trust funds. The Judiciary.

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Bill H.1655

SECTION 1. Section 66 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “chapter 90” the following: - "and all revenues received by the commonwealth from public and private sources as gifts, grants and donations"

SECTION 2. Section 66A of chapter 10 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “chapter 272” the following: - "and all revenues received by the commonwealth from public and private sources as gifts, grants and donations"

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