Bill Commons

MA H 4685

in committee

An Act requiring local approval for battery storage facility permitting

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did MA H 4685 pass?

Not yet. MA H 4685 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): Accompanied a study order, see H5353 (under House Rule 27)

What is MA H 4685 about?

By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kelly W. Pease and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to battery storage facility permitting and penalties for noncompliance. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Who sponsors MA H 4685?

Kelly W. Pease is the primary sponsor of MA H 4685, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Description

By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kelly W. Pease and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to battery storage facility permitting and penalties for noncompliance. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-04-13 — Accompanied a study order, see H5353 (under House Rule 27)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Kelly W. Peaseprimary
  • Lindsay N. Sabadosacosponsor
  • Homar Gómezcosponsor
  • Peter J. Durantcosponsor
  • John J. Marsicosponsor
  • Nicholas A. Boldygacosponsor
  • Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.cosponsor
  • David F. DeCostecosponsor
  • Joseph D. McKennacosponsor
  • John C. Veliscosponsor
  • Todd M. Smolacosponsor
  • Kenneth P. Sweezeycosponsor
  • Steven George Xiarhoscosponsor
  • Margaret R. Scarsdalecosponsor
  • Kimberly N. Fergusoncosponsor
  • David Allen Robertsoncosponsor
  • Justin Thurbercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-13

    Accompanied a study order, see H5353 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2026-02-17

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-11-17

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  4. 2025-10-30

    Senate concurred

  5. 2025-10-23

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-24

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4685

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:56.590024Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MA&identifier=H 4685. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.