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H5149 • 2025

Study Order

Study Order

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Sponsor
Environment and Natural Resources (J)
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Study Order

Study Order Order relative to authorizing the committee on Environment and Natural Resources to make an investigation and study of certain House documents relative to plastics, Boston Harbor islands and other related matters.

What This Bill Does

  • Study Order Order relative to authorizing the committee on Environment and Natural Resources to make an investigation and study of certain House documents relative to plastics, Boston Harbor islands and other related matters.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Rules

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 House

    Reported from the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

  2. 2026-02-26 House

    Accompanied by H888 , H889 , H891 , H892 , H894 , H896 , H905 , H906 , H907 , H908 , H910 , H911 , H912 , H913 , H914 , H916 , H917 , H919 , H921 , H923 , H925 , H927 , H928 , H929 , H930 , H933 , H934 , H935 , H936 , H940 , H941 , H942 , H947 , H948 , H949 , H951 , H955 , H960 , H963 , H964 , H969 , H970 , H973 , H974 , H978 , H979 , H980 , H993 , H994 , H995 , H998 , H1001 , H1010 , H1011 , H1014 , H1015 , H1016 , H1017 , H1019 , H1025 , H1026 , H1027 , H1028 , H1029 , H1030 , H1032 , H1034 and H1035

  3. 2026-02-26 House

    Order reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Joint Rules

  4. 2026-02-26 House

    Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

Study Order
Order relative to authorizing the committee on Environment and Natural Resources to make an investigation and study of certain House documents relative to plastics, Boston Harbor islands and other related matters.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Rules

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Bill H.5149

Ordered,
That the committee on Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 888, 889, 891, 892, 894, 896, 905, 906, 907, 908, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 916, 917, 919, 921, 923, 925, 927, 928, 929, 930, 933, 934, 935, 936, 940, 941, 942, 947, 948, 949, 951, 955, 960, 963, 964, 969, 970, 973, 974, 978, 979, 980, 993, 994, 995, 998, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1019, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1032, 1034 and 1035, relative to plastics, Boston Harbor islands and other related matters.

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