MA H50

Bill

To establish uniform collaborative law

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

So much of the recommendations of the Commission on Uniform State Laws (House, No. 42) as relates to establishing uniform collaborative law. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill establishes uniform collaborative law procedures in Massachusetts. It defines key terms such as "collaborative law communication," "collaborative law participation agreement," and "collaborative matter." The bill outlines the process for initiating, conducting, and concluding a collaborative law process, including provisions for staying related court proceedings, issuing emergency orders, and approving resulting agreements. It also addresses issues of lawyer disqualification, disclosure requirements, confidentiality, and privileges. The bill aims to promote uniformity of collaborative law practices across states that enact similar legislation.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4874 (on 08/09/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H50

(35 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H50
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H50.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1082	Establishing a community safe school fund	No further action taken	Similar To
H1110	Establishing regional commissions on the status of women and girls	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H1135	Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1210	Relative to youth concussions	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1223	Relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Project	Accompanied a new draft, see H4116	Similar To
H1317	Establishing the building code coordinating council	No further action taken	Similar To
H1559	Establishing a substance abuse health protection fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H1759	Relative to a Massachusetts broadband competitive marketplace study	Accompanied a study order, see H4651	Similar To
H1774	Relative to the timely determination of towing rates	Accompanied a study order, see H4651	Similar To
H1936	Relative to a volunteer veteran corps mentoring program	Accompanied a study order, see H4591	Similar To
H2078	Relative to the construction and rehabilitation of senior centers	Accompanied a new draft, see H4495	Similar To
H2234	Relative to early college high schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2276	Similar To
H240	Establishing a personal financial literacy curriculum in schools	Accompanied S249	Similar To
H2501	Relative to construction and rehabilitation of public safety facilities	No further action taken	Similar To
H258	To promote fairness between traditional public schools and regional vocational schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4672	Similar To
H2705	Establishing a municipal light commission in the city known as the town of Greenfield	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 164 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H3700	Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H3707	Authorizing the town of Lee to establish an additional excise on sales of gasoline and diesel fuel	Accompanied a new draft, see H3912	Similar To
H3820	Establishing the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H3821	Authorizing the department of elder affairs to establish a home care worker registry	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H3898	Establishing a solid waste and recycling capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 302 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H3899	To establish a waterways capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 303 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H404	Reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4532	Similar To
H406	Establishing a regional dredge grants program	Accompanied a study order, see H4571	Similar To
H4110	Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program	No further action taken	Similar To
H4163	To establish a public art fund in the town of Amherst	Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H435	Establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility	Accompanied a study order, see H4526	Similar To
H4874	Judiciary Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H4971	Establishing the DHY Clean Waters Community Partnership for the towns of Dennis, Harwich and Yarmouth	No further action taken	Similar To
H4975	Approving the town of Ashland Economic Development Funding Program authorizing the town of Ashland to establish a grant and loan fund for the purpose of creating economic development tools and activities	Accompanied a new draft, see H5014	Similar To
H4976	Approving the town of Ashland Home Rule Charter as amended and as voted in Article 34 of the annual town meeting of the town of Ashland including parts I through IX by repealing Chapter 405 of the Acts of 2008 and replacing it in its entirety	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 409 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H4978	Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied a new draft, see H4998	Similar To
H646	Establishing the Massachusetts higher education matching grants program	No further action taken	Similar To
H973	To establish a child abuse and neglect registry	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
S2104	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)	See H3680	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1082

Establishing a community safe school fund

No further action taken

Similar To

H1110

Establishing regional commissions on the status of women and girls

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H1135

Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H1210

Relative to youth concussions

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H1223

Relative to the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Project

Accompanied a new draft, see H4116

Similar To

H1317

Establishing the building code coordinating council

No further action taken

Similar To

H1559

Establishing a substance abuse health protection fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4244

Similar To

H1759

Relative to a Massachusetts broadband competitive marketplace study

Accompanied a study order, see H4651

Similar To

H1774

Relative to the timely determination of towing rates

Accompanied a study order, see H4651

Similar To

H1936

Relative to a volunteer veteran corps mentoring program

Accompanied a study order, see H4591

Similar To

H2078

Relative to the construction and rehabilitation of senior centers

Accompanied a new draft, see H4495

Similar To

H2234

Relative to early college high schools

Accompanied a new draft, see S2276

Similar To

H240

Establishing a personal financial literacy curriculum in schools

Accompanied S249

Similar To

H2501

Relative to construction and rehabilitation of public safety facilities

No further action taken

Similar To

H258

To promote fairness between traditional public schools and regional vocational schools

Accompanied a study order, see H4672

Similar To

H2705

Establishing a municipal light commission in the city known as the town of Greenfield

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 164 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H3700

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H3707

Authorizing the town of Lee to establish an additional excise on sales of gasoline and diesel fuel

Accompanied a new draft, see H3912

Similar To

H3820

Establishing the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H3821

Authorizing the department of elder affairs to establish a home care worker registry

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H3898

Establishing a solid waste and recycling capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 302 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H3899

To establish a waterways capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 303 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H404

Reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4532

Similar To

H406

Establishing a regional dredge grants program

Accompanied a study order, see H4571

Similar To

H4110

Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program

No further action taken

Similar To

H4163

To establish a public art fund in the town of Amherst

Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H435

Establishing the commission on extended producer responsibility

Accompanied a study order, see H4526

Similar To

H4874

Judiciary Study Order

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Replaced by

H4971

Establishing the DHY Clean Waters Community Partnership for the towns of Dennis, Harwich and Yarmouth

No further action taken

Similar To

H4975

Approving the town of Ashland Economic Development Funding Program authorizing the town of Ashland to establish a grant and loan fund for the purpose of creating economic development tools and activities

Accompanied a new draft, see H5014

Similar To

H4976

Approving the town of Ashland Home Rule Charter as amended and as voted in Article 34 of the annual town meeting of the town of Ashland including parts I through IX by repealing Chapter 405 of the Acts of 2008 and replacing it in its entirety

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 409 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H4978

Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied a new draft, see H4998

Similar To

H646

Establishing the Massachusetts higher education matching grants program

No further action taken

Similar To

H973

To establish a child abuse and neglect registry

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

S2104

Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)

See H3680

Similar To

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