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IntroducedJan 09, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Title: allowing an older prisoner serving a sentence of life without parole to be eligible for parole upon meeting certain criteria.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 214-127 03/26/2025 HJ 10
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Comments on HB 638
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 214
- Aldrich, Glen
- Alexander, Joe
- Ammon, Keith
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Aylward, Deborah
- Bailey, Glenn
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Bean, Harry
- Beaulier, Calvin
- Belcher, Mike
- Bennett, Cindy
- Berezhny, Lex
- Bernardy, JD
- Berry, Ross
- Bjelobrk, Marie Louise
- Boehm, Ralph
- Bogert, Steven
- Boyd, Bill
- Boyd, Stephen
- Brown, Pam
- Brown, Richard
- Bryer, Scott
- Burnham, Claudine
- Cambrils, Jose
- Colby, Eleana
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Cordelli, Glenn
- Creighton, James
- Daniels, Gary
- Darby, Will
- Davis, Arnold
- de Vries, Erica
- DeLemus, Susan
- DeRoy, Susan
- DeSimone, Debra
- DeVito, Sayra
- Devoid, Ricky
- Dolan, Tom
- Donnelly, Tanya
- Drago, Mike
- Drew, Matt
- Drye, Margaret
- Dumais, Russell
- Dumont, Dillon
- Dunn, Ron
- Dupont, Pierre
- Edwards, Jess
- Erf, Keith
- Farrington, Samuel
- Flanagan, Jack
- Foote, Charles
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Gagne, Larry
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Harrington, Michael
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hicks, Matthew
- Hill, Gregory
- Howland, Allan
- Hunt, John
- Johnson, Erik
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- King, Seth
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leishman, Peter
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Maggiore, Jim
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mannion, Dennis
- Mannion, Tim
- Mannion, Tom
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McFarlane, Donald
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Miles, Julie
- Miller, Seth
- Milz, David
- Miner, Laurence
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Nancy
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nagel, David
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Noble, Kristin
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Ouellet, Mike
- Panek, Sandra
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Petrigno, Peter
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Polozov, Yury
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Raymond, Heather
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rollins, Skip
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Seidel, Sheila
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Sirois, Shane
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Smith, Steven
- Soti, Julius
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spillane, James
- Spilsbury, Walter
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Staub, Kathy
- Stringham, Jerry
- Suiter, John
- Sullivan, Jared
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Toner, Travis
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Valerino, Brian
- Vallone, Mark
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 127
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Berch, Paul
- Bergeron, Dan
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bouchard, Donald
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Buco, Thomas
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Cahill, Michael
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Cloutier, John
- Comtois, Barbara
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Dargie, Paul
- Davis, Fred
- Dolan, William
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Gilmore, Gary
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Heath
- Howard, Molly
- Jack, Martin
- Jacobs, Samantha
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- Knab, Allison
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lovett, Peter
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKay, James
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Muns, Chris
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Parshall, Lucius
- Pearson, Wayne
- Preece, David
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Ryan, Linda
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schultz, Kris
- Seibert, Christine
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Spier, Carry
- Stavis, Laurel
- Sullivan, Brian
- Swanson, Dale
- Sykes, George
- Telerski, Laura
- Tellez, Trinidad
- Thomas, Wendy
- Turer, Eric
- Vail, Suzanne
- Veilleux, Daniel
- Wade, Alice
- Wall, Janet
- Wallner, Mary Jane
- Ward, Gerald
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 38
- Bordes, Mike
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Coker, Matthew
- Corcoran, Travis
- Crawford, Karel
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- Durkin, Sean
- England, Myles
- Ford, Mary
- Germana, Dylan
- Gilman, Julie
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grossman, Gaby
- Gruber, James
- Haskins, Linda
- Janigian, John
- Kerwin, Erin
- Lundgren, David
- Malone, Amy
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Minor, Sheri
- Muirhead, Russell
- Murphy, Michael
- Nelson, Jodi
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Presa, Adam
- Prout, Andrew
- Rice, Kimberly
- Richards, Beth
- Roy, Terry
- Selig, Loren
- Trottier, Douglas
- Verville, Kevin
- Warden, Mark
- Woodcock, Stephen
OTHER: 19
Actions
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 214-127 03/26/2025 HJ 10
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Executive Session: 03/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/19/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 17 P. 48
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- Feb 07, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 02/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- Jan 09, 2025 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 20
Bill Texts
Documents
- Remote Testimony by Allen, Marshan (Elgin, IL) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Bell, Joseph (Hayward, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Burgess, Timothy (Hardwick, VT) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Burgos, Jose (Ecorse, MI) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Burnett, Allen (Alhambra, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Burt, Burton (Lake Butler, FL) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Buttrey, Charlie (Lebanon, VT) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Green, Steven (Whittier, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Hamer, Lisa (Taos, NM) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Hoffmann, William (San Jacinto, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Malouin, Carol (Nashua, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Meuse, David (Portsmouth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Poulin, Olivia (Newfields, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Reece, Brashani (Cambridge, MA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Roy, Russell (Manchester, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Savage-Rodriguez, Kelly (Apple Valley, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Scott, Michele (Oakland, CA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Swansey, James (Chicago, IL) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Taber, Stephanie (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Widenhouse, Bryan (Trappe, PA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyPDF
- Remote Testimony by Berrio, Simon (Dalton, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Blanchard, Sandy (Loudon, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Burt, Stephanie (Lake Butler, FL) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by C, K (Hampstead, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Campbell, Karolyn (Epsom, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Caron, Mary (Dover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dickinson, Carolyn (Charlotte, NC) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Dickinson, James (Charlotte, NC) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by fitzwater-duran, olivia (manchester, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hackmann, Kent (Andover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hall, Jon (Amherst, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Hanly, Susan (Frankfort, KY) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Istel, Claudia (Acworth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Jackson, Sheryl (Gary, IN) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Kapusta, William (Casco, ME) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Karamanoogian, Kori (Bedford, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Konze, Margaret (Pembroke, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Leisman, Donald (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Lovett, Peter (Holderness, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Martin, Kevin (Londonderry, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Martin, Robin (Londonderry, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by McMahon, Catherine (Wolfeboro, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Miller, John (Orford, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Morin, Kimberly (Brentwood, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Morrow, Paul (South Tamworth, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Proverb, David (Concord, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Reid, Eric (Epsom, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Reid, Jonathan (Milton, MA) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Reid, Sharon (Epsom, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Richardson, Daniel (Nashua, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Ryder, Donald (Bartlett, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Schoen, Laura (Bartlett, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Sherwood, Jamie (Dover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Smith, Jennifer (PEMBROKE, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Smith, Susan (Dover, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Springate, Gordon (wilton, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Tabory, Sarah (Barrington, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Teran, Catherine (Sandwich, NH) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Tosi-Nelson, Chiara (Claremont, NH) - Oppose, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML
- Remote Testimony by Turner, Sandra (Overland Park, KS) - Support, House Criminal Justice and Public SafetyHTML