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H3393 • 2025

An Act relative to restricted vital records

An Act relative to restricted vital records

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Sponsor
Michael J. Moran
Last action
2025-10-23
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 relative to restricted vital records

An Act relative to restricted vital records By Representative Michael J.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to restricted vital records By Representative Michael J.
  • Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3393) of Michael J.
  • Moran relative to removing certain accessibility restrictions on public records.

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. 2025-10-23 House

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

  2. 2025-10-23 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-10-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-20 House

    Reported from the committee on House Rules

  5. 2025-10-20 House

    Reported on the residue of H4564

  6. 2025-10-20 House

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

  7. 2025-10-09 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4564

  8. 2025-07-12 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  9. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  10. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to restricted vital records
By Representative Michael J. Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3393) of Michael J. Moran relative to removing certain accessibility restrictions on public records. 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.3393

SECTION 1. Chapter 46 Section 2A of the General Laws is hereby amended by deleting the following words in section 2A: -

In line 1 – delete “children born out of wedlock or” and

In line 4 – delete “or those of persons born out of wedlock,”

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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