An Act proclaiming April 25th of each year to be Parental Alienation Awareness Day
This bill (HD 4055) is a symbolic resolution designating April 25th of each year as "Parental Alienation Awareness Day" in Massachusetts. It does not create new laws or policies but formally recognizes parental alienation - a pattern where one parent manipulates a child to reject the other - as a form of emotional harm affecting children. The resolution urges Massachusetts residents to help raise awareness about this issue, which involves behaviors like badmouthing a parent or limiting contact, potentially causing long-term harm to children. It applies broadly to all residents and focuses solely on increasing public awareness, not on changing legal procedures or providing services.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Last action Mar 2, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Colleen Garry
DDemocratic
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