UELMA Advocacy for Massachusetts

Current legislation

The bill for UELMA is H. 1522.

One-pager explaining H. 1522 and UELMA in Massachusetts

Testimony for H. 1522 by Sara Monalea McMahon (October 3, 2023)

Past UELMA bills in Massachusetts

2021-2022

The bill for UELMA was H. 1597.

2019-2020

The bills for UELMA were H. 3294 and H. 64.

One-pager explaining H. 3294 and H. 64 and UELMA in Massachusetts

Testimony for H. 64 and H. 3294 by Catherine M. Biondo (September 17, 2019)

2017-2018

The bills for UELMA were H. 812 and H. 54.

Testimony for H. 812 by Marnie Warner for LLNE (May 2, 2017)

One-pager explaining H. 812 and UELMA in Massachusetts

2015

H43 was reported favorably out of the Judiciary Committee and was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.

Letter from LLNE President Diane D’Angelo to Representative Brian S. Dempsey, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee

Testimony by Barbara Morgan for H. 43 to Joint Committee on the Judiciary (May 27, 2015)

2014

H. 38 was reported favorably out of the Judiciary Committee and was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.

Testimony by Marnie Warner for previous version HB 38 to Joint Committee on the Judiciary (April 24, 2014) (UELMA in Massachusetts)

Additional materials about UELMA appear on the AALL website.

Marnie Warner, Barbara Schneider, Barbara Morgan, Michelle Pearse, Joan Shear, Sue Zago, and Catherine Biondo
LLNE Massachusetts Government Relations Committee
Sub-committee working on the passage of UELMA in Massachusetts