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IntroducedDec 19, 2024
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Passed SenateJan 30, 2025
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Passed HouseJan 07, 2026
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Became Law
Title: (New Title) relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases.
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House • Jan 07, 2026: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3096h: MA RC 179-159 01/07/2026
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- Birdsellcosponsor
- Avardcosponsor
- Abbascosponsor
- Litchfieldcosponsor
- Khancosponsor
- Vosecosponsor
- Lilli Walshcosponsor
- Bernardycosponsor
Votes
YES: 179
- Andrus, Louise
- Aron, Judy
- Aron, Michael
- Aures, Cyril
- Avellani, Lino
- Ball, Lorie
- Barbour, Liz
- Barton, Joseph
- Bean, Harry
- Beaulier, Calvin
- 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
- Coker, Matthew
- Colcombe, Riché
- Cole, Brian
- Comtois, Barbara
- Corcoran, Travis
- Crawford, Karel
- Daniels, Gary
- Davis, Arnold
- 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
- Fedolfi, Jim
- Ford, Mary
- Franz, Linda
- Freeman, Lisa
- Giasson, Henry
- Girard, Dale
- Gonzalez, Ernesto
- Gorski, Ted
- Gould, Linda
- Granger, Michael
- Grant, George
- Griffin, Gerald
- Guthrie, Joseph
- Guzofski, James
- Hall, Robley
- Hamblen, Joseph
- Harb, Robert
- Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
- Hemingway, Wayne
- Hill, Gregory
- Hunt, John
- Janigian, John
- Kaczynski, Thomas
- Karasinski, Sly
- Kelley, Diane
- Kenny, Catherine
- Kesselring, Steven
- Khan, Aboul
- Kofalt, Jim
- Korzen, Lori
- Kuttab, Katelyn
- Labrie, Brian
- Ladd, Rick
- Lascelles, Richard
- Layon, Erica
- Leavitt, John
- Litchfield, Melissa
- Louis, Darrell
- Love, David
- Lundgren, David
- Lynn, Bob
- MacDonald, John
- MacDonald, Wayne
- Maggiore, Jim
- Mannion, Dennis
- Markell, Jay
- Mattson, Rita
- Mazur, Lisa
- McDonnell, Valerie
- McGrath, Linda
- McGuire, Carol
- McGuire, Dan
- McLean, Mark
- McMahon, Charles
- Mehegan, Peter
- Melvin, Charles
- Milz, David
- Moffett, Michael
- Mooney, Maureen
- Morency, Pete
- Morse, Bryan
- Morton, Jonathan
- Murphy, Denis
- Nadeau, Brian
- Nalevanko, Rich
- Notter, Jeanine
- Ohm, Bill
- Osborne, Jason
- Ouellet, Mike
- Paquette, Kathleen
- Pauer, Diane
- Pearson, Mark
- Pearson, Stephen
- Peeples, Raymond
- Perez, Kristine
- Peternel, Katy
- Pitaro, Matthew
- Plante, Raymond
- Ploszaj, Tom
- Polozov, Yury
- Popovici-Muller, Daniel
- Porcelli, Susan
- Post, Lisa
- Potenza, Kelley
- Potucek, John
- Proulx, Mark
- Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
- Qualey, James
- Reinfurt, Sherri
- Rhodes, Jennifer
- Rice, Kimberly
- Rollins, Skip
- Roy, Terry
- Sabourin dit Choinière, Matt
- Schneller, John
- Scully, Kevin
- Seaworth, Brian
- See, Alvin
- Selby, Donald
- Sellers, John
- Sheehan, Vanessa
- Slottje, Jeremy
- Smith, Jonathan
- Soti, Julius
- Spillane, James
- Suiter, John
- Summers, James
- Sweeney, Joe
- Sytek, John
- Taylor, Brian
- Terry, Paul
- Thackston, Dick
- Thibault, James
- Thomas, Douglas
- Tierney, James
- Tremblay, Marc
- Tudor, Paul
- Turcotte, Len
- Ulery, Jordan
- Vallone, Mark
- Varney, Peter
- Verville, Kevin
- Vose, Michael
- Walker, David
- Walsh, Lilli
- Walsh, Thomas
- Weyler, Kenneth
- Wherry, Robert
- Wilson, Vicki
- Wood, Clayton
NO: 159
- Alexander, Joe
- Almy, Susan
- Ames, Dick
- Ammon, Keith
- Bailey, Glenn
- Balboni, Peggy
- Baldwin, Heather
- Bay, Luz
- Beauchemin, Paige
- Belcher, Mike
- Berch, Paul
- Bixby, Peter
- Bolton, Bill
- Bricchi, Tracy
- Bridle, Nicholas
- Budathoki, Suraj
- Burroughs, Anita
- Burton, Wayne
- Butler, Billie
- Caplan, Tony
- Chourasia, Manoj
- Cloutier, John
- Cormen, Thomas
- Cornell, Patricia
- Damon, Hope
- Darby, Will
- Dargie, Paul
- de Vries, Erica
- DiSilvestro, Linda
- Ebel, Karen
- Edgar, Michael
- Elberger, Susan
- Faulkner, Barry
- Fellows, Sallie
- Foss, Lily
- Fox, Dru
- Foxx, Loren
- Fracht, David
- Gallager, Eric
- Georges, Mary
- Germana, Nicholas
- Gilman, Julie
- Gilmore, Gary
- Gregg, Alicia
- Grill, Jessica
- Grote, Jaci
- Gruber, James
- Grund, Stephanie
- Hakken-Phillips, Mary
- Hall, Muriel
- Harriott-Gathright, Linda
- Hartnett, Tim
- Harvey, Cathryn
- Hegner, Karen
- Herbert, Christopher
- Hicks, Matthew
- Horrigan, Timothy
- Howard, Molly
- Howland, Allan
- Jack, Martin
- Jeudy, Jean
- Johnson, Erik
- Jones, Philip
- Juris, Louis
- Kelly, Eileen
- Kerwin, Erin
- King, Seth
- Kluger, Lee Ann
- LaMontagne, Jessica
- Lane, Connie
- Larochelle, John
- Leapley, Nicole
- LeClerc, Daniel
- Leishman, Peter
- Lloyd, Christal
- Long, Patrick
- Lovett, Peter
- Lucas, Janet
- Luneau, David
- MacKenzie, Mark
- Malloy, Dennis
- Mandelbaum, Jennifer
- Mannion, Tom
- Manohar, Sanjeev
- Manos, Zoe
- McAleer, Chris
- McGhee, Kat
- Meuse, David
- Miles, Julie
- Miller, Seth
- Muirhead, Russell
- Muns, Chris
- Murphy, Nancy
- Murray, Alissandra
- Murray, Kate
- Murray, Megan
- Newell, Jodi
- Newman, Ray
- Newman, Sue
- Newsom, James
- Noble, Kristin
- O'Rorke, Terri
- Oppel, Thomas
- Paige, David
- Paige, Mark
- Palmer, William
- Parshall, Lucius
- Payeur, Stephanie
- Pearson, Wayne
- Petrigno, Peter
- Plamondon, Marc
- Preece, David
- Prout, Andrew
- Raymond, Heather
- Richards, Beth
- Roesener, James
- Rombeau, Catherine
- Rung, Rosemarie
- Salvi, Santosh
- Sargent, Gregory
- Scherr, Buzz
- Schmidt, Peter
- Schultz, Kris
- Selig, Loren
- Simpson, Alexis
- Smith, Marjorie
- Snodgrass, Jim
- Sofikitis, Catherine
- Sorensen, Carrie
- Soucy, Timothy
- Southworth, Thomas
- Spahr, Terry
- Spier, Carry
- Spilsbury, Walter
- Staub, Kathy
- Stavis, Laurel
- Stone, John
- Stringham, Jerry
- Sullivan, Brian
- Sullivan, Jared
- 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
- Warden, Mark
- Weber, Lucy
- Weinstein, Toni
- Wheeler, Jonah
- Wilhelm, Matthew
- Woodcock, Stephen
- Woods, Gary
EXCUSED: 32
- Aylward, Deborah
- Booras, Efstathia
- Bordes, Mike
- Cahill, Michael
- Creighton, James
- Davis, Fred
- DeDe-Poulin, Denise
- England, Myles
- Foote, Charles
- Gagne, Larry
- Gibbs, Merryl
- Grossman, Gaby
- Harrington, Michael
- Howard, Heath
- Katsakiores, Phyllis
- Knab, Allison
- Levesque, Cassandra
- Mannion, Tim
- Miner, Laurence
- Murphy, Mary
- Murphy, Michael
- Nagel, David
- Nelson, Jodi
- Presa, Adam
- Rockmore, Ellen
- Ryan, Linda
- Seibert, Christine
- Sirois, Shane
- St. Clair, Charlie
- Toner, Travis
- Tripp, Richard
- Trottier, Douglas
OTHER: 25
- Aldrich, Glen
- Ankarberg, Aidan
- Bergeron, Dan
- Buco, Thomas
- Chretien, Suzanne
- Colby, Eleana
- Dolan, William
- Durkin, Sean
- Flanagan, Jack
- Germana, Dylan
- Haskins, Linda
- Jacobs, Samantha
- MacKay, James
- Malone, Amy
- McFarlane, Donald
- Minor, Sheri
- Packard, Sherman
- Panek, Sandra
- Raynolds, Ned
- Read, Ellen
- Schamberg, Thomas
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Smith, Steven
- Tenczar, Jeffrey
- Vandecasteele, Susan
Actions
- Jan 07, 2026 | House
- Amendment #2025-3096h: AA VV 01/07/2026
- Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3096h: MA RC 179-159 01/07/2026
- Nov 13, 2025 | House
- Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-3096h (NT) 11/13/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 51 P. 22
- Dec 19, 2024 | House
- Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Nov 13, 2025 | House
- Executive Session: 11/13/2025 10:00 am GP 159
- Oct 23, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment #2025-3012h: 10/23/2025 10:00 am GP159
- Oct 22, 2025 | House
- ==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 10/22/2025 01:00 am GP 230
- Dec 19, 2024 | House
- Retained in Committee
- May 09, 2025 | House
- ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/09/2025 11:01 am LOB 202-204
- Apr 25, 2025 | House
- ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- Apr 23, 2025 | House
- ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/23/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 11 P. 109
- Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0142s, 01/30/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 7A
- Committee Amendment #2025-0142s, AF, VV; 01/30/2025; SJ 4
- Sen. Rochefort Floor Amendment #2025-0165s, AA, VV; 01/30/2025; SJ 4
- Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0165s, RC 14Y-9N, MA; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4
- Jan 14, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: 01/14/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 5
- Jan 08, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 2
Bill Texts
- IntroducedHTML
- IntroducedPDF
- As Amended by the SenateHTML
- As Amended by the SenatePDF
- As Amended by the HouseHTML
- As Amended by the HousePDF
- Senate Amendment 2025-0142sHTML
- Senate Amendment 2025-0142sPDF
- Senate Amendment 2025-0165sHTML
- Senate Amendment 2025-0165sPDF
- House Amendment 2025-3012hHTML
- House Amendment 2025-3012hPDF
- House Amendment 2025-3096hHTML
- House Amendment 2025-3096hPDF
