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H395 • 2025

An Act regulating lottery funding

An Act regulating lottery funding

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Sponsor
Steven S. Howitt
Last action
2025-11-17
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4733
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act regulating lottery funding

An Act regulating lottery funding By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act regulating lottery funding By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 395) of Steven S.
  • Howitt relative to regulating lottery funding to certain cities and towns.
  • Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

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. 2025-11-17 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4733

  2. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act regulating lottery funding
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 395) of Steven S. Howitt relative to regulating lottery funding to certain cities and towns. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

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Bill H.395

Section 35 of Chapter 10 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 17, the following paragraph:-

“Any city or town that has the ability to provide the sales of the Massachusetts State Lottery games but does not provide opportunity for sales shall not receive funding from the fund known as the State Lottery and Gaming Fund.”

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