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H226 • 2025

An Act to end child homelessness

An Act to end child homelessness

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Sponsor
Michelle M. DuBois
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to end child homelessness

An Act to end child homelessness By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to end child homelessness By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 226) of Michelle M.
  • DuBois relative to child homelessness.
  • Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-11-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to end child homelessness
By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 226) of Michelle M. DuBois relative to child homelessness. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.226

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no family with children under the age of eighteen shall be evicted or removed from public housing, publicly subsidized housing, or a shelter funded in whole or in part with public funds, including a motel or hotel providing emergency shelter, unless and until the Housing Services Unit of the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, has developed and is able to implement a plan to assure that all children under eighteen in the affected family will be housed in some location which is fit for human habitation. All reasonable efforts shall be made to provide that such children remain in the custody of their parents or other caregivers with whom they have been residing.

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