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H3381 • 2025

An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week

An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week

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Sponsor
Jack Patrick Lewis
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week

An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week By Representative Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week By Representative Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3381) of Jack Patrick Lewis for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart December first through the eighth as getting to zero week.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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. 2026-01-12 House

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

  2. 2026-01-12 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-01-12 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-18 House

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

  5. 2025-07-30 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  6. 2025-05-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing Getting to Zero Week
By Representative Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3381) of Jack Patrick Lewis for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart December first through the eighth as getting to zero week. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3381

The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December first through the eighth as Getting to Zero Week to increase public awareness, understanding, and recognition of our communities’ shared commitment to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the Commonwealth by getting to zero new cases, zero HIV-related deaths, and zero stigma. The proclamation shall recommend that the week in December be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

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