Massachusetts · Bill 2016 · 193rd General Court

An Act to ensure gender parity and racial and ethnic diversity on public boards and commissions

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2016) of Jason M. Lewis, Rebecca L. Rausch, Vanna Howard, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation to ensure gender parity and racial and ethnic diversity on public boards and commissions. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight · Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 05/10/2023 from 12:00 PM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium · Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
  4. SenateAccompanied S2029

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.

All 5 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.