HB 1116
relative to judicial privilege and relative to the litigation of small claims.
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On the record
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| Status | HOUSE |
|---|---|
| In the House | INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE |
| Introduced | 1/7/2026 |
| Floor date | 3/5/2026 |
| LSR number | 2426 |
| Local government impact | no |
| Committee code | H10 |
Where it stands
House: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
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Sponsors
Flanagan, Jack(R) Hills 45
Prime sponsor in bold. From the General Court sponsor file.
What happened
Every action recorded in the official docket, in order. Each line ends with the journal or calendar that recorded it; where we have the document, that citation links to it.
- January 7, 2026Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Judiciary
- February 4, 2026Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 01:30 pm GP 230
- February 13, 2026Executive Session: 02/13/2026 10:00 am GP 158
- February 26, 2026Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC)
- March 5, 2026Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026
Votes
Roll call tallies and individual votes from the General Court roll call files. Presiding, excused and absent are shown separately: one member presides over each House roll call and does not vote except to break a tie.
Inexpedient to Legislate
Decided on a voice vote. Only the outcome was recorded — there is no count of how any member voted.
Committee reports
Reproduced from the House Calendar in the committee’s own words.
Committee — INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
This bill contains two unrelated sections. The first section deals with a judge, when asked to testify, refusing to do so due to judicial privilege. There is no general right of a judge to refuse to provide testimony if the judge has information that is relevant, material, and admissible in a case. However, testimony given by the deputy counsel for the Judicial Branch revealed that there are cases which are confidential under statute and which would preclude a judge from revealing information about the case. In addition, there are other circumstances in which a judge may be entitled to assert a privilege to decline to provide confidential information. The second section of the bill proposed to allow service of 18 27 FEBRUARY 2026 HOUSE RECORD process in small claims cases to be made by first class mail. A proposed amendment to this section, sought to establish a study committee to examine small claims cases. The committee saw no need to change existing law with respect to judicial privilege regarding testimony and, in light of the Speaker’s concern with the ever expanding number of study committees, also saw no need for such a committee at this time to examine small claims cases. Vote 18-0.
Hearings and recordings
Recordings are the General Court’s own, on YouTube. Start times are estimates unless stated otherwise, and the player opens early.
- February 4, 2026 at 13:30Judiciary public hearing recording 4:32:30–4:33:00, about 0 min (estimated)
- February 13, 2026 at 10:00Judiciary executive session recording 0:18:30–0:19:00, about 0 min (estimated)
- March 5, 2026House floor debate recording (start time not identified)
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