Massachusetts · Bill 2821 · 193rd General Court

An Act establishing a jail and prison construction moratorium

  1. Introduced Jun 21, 2024
  2. In committee Jun 21, 2024
  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.

Senate, June 13, 2024The committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1979) of Joanne M. Comerford, Jason M. Lewis, Michael J. Barrett, Rebecca L. Rausch and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a jail and prison construction moratorium, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2821).

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeReported from the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight · Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
  2. SenateNew draft of S1979
  3. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means · Senate Committee on Ways and Means
  4. SenateNo further action taken

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 0 members who introduced it, joined by 20 cosponsors: 20 Democrats.

  • JC Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Sponsoring committee
All 20 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.