MA H 4706

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An Act to improve Massachusetts home care

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

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Did MA H 4706 pass?

Not yet law. MA H 4706 has passed both chambers but has not been enacted. Latest recorded action (2026-07-31): Reported by H5627

What is MA H 4706 about?

MA H 4706 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act to improve Massachusetts home care”.

Who sponsors MA H 4706?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 4706, joined by 45 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-07-31 — Reported by H5627
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-07-31
Reported by H5627
2026-07-27
Committee of conference appointed (Brownsberger-Jehlen-Fattman), in concurrence
2026-07-27
Senate insisted on its amendment
2026-07-27
Rules suspended
2026-07-23
Committee of conference appointed - (Stanley-F. Moran-DeCoste)
2026-07-23
House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-07-23
Rules suspended
2026-07-16
Passed to be engrossed
passage
2026-07-16
Read third
reading-3
2026-07-16
Ordered to a third reading
2026-07-16
Reprinted, as amended, see S3183
2026-07-16
Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3170
amendment-passage
2026-07-16
Read second
reading-2
2026-07-09
Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 16, 2026
2026-07-09
Order relative to subject matter adopted
2026-07-09
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3170
committee-passage-favorable
2026-07-09
Also based on S2645
2025-11-06
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
referral-committee
2025-11-05
Passed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 107 )
passage
2025-11-05
Amendment 5 adopted, as changed - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 106 )
amendment-passage
2025-11-05
Read third
reading-3
2025-11-05
Rules suspended
2025-11-05
Ordered to a third reading
2025-11-05
New draft of H4306
2025-11-05
Pending new draft of H4306
2025-11-05
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

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Votes

H. 4706 On adoption of amendment #5, chg
2025-11-05 · pass · 154-0
Member-level votes (160)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: yes
- Blais: yes
- Bowen: yes
- Cabral: yes
- Cahill: yes
- Cataldo: yes
- Chan: yes
- Ciccolo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Consalvo: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Cusack: yes
- Davis: yes
- Day: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Ferrante: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Fiola: yes
- Donato: yes
- Decker: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: yes
- Garballey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garry: yes
- Gentile: yes
- Giannino: yes
- Gómez: yes
- González: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Gregoire: yes
- Haggerty: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Hawkins: yes
- Hendricks: yes
- Higgins: yes
- Holmes: not voting
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunt: not voting
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: yes
- McGonagle: yes
- McMurtry: yes
- Mendes: yes
- Meschino: yes
- Michlewitz: yes
- Moakley: yes
- Montaño: yes
- Moran, J.: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Murray: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- O'Day: yes
- Ouellette: yes
- Owens: yes
- Paulino: yes
- Philips: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reid: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Saunders: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- MacGregor: not voting
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Sangiolo: not voting
- Lawn: yes
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Turco: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ultrino: yes
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Wells: yes
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ferguson: yes
- Frost: yes
- Muradian: yes
- Vieira: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- DeCoste: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: not voting
- Kane: not voting
- Lombardo: yes
- Marsi: yes
- McKenna: yes
- Orrall: yes
- Pease: yes
- Smola: yes
- Soter: yes
- Sullivan-Almeida: yes
- Sweezey: yes
- Thurber: yes
- Vaughn: yes
- Wong: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes
H. 4706 On passing to be engrossed
2025-11-05 · pass · 153-1
Member-level votes (160)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: yes
- Blais: yes
- Bowen: yes
- Cabral: yes
- Cahill: yes
- Cataldo: yes
- Chan: yes
- Ciccolo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Consalvo: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Cusack: yes
- Davis: yes
- Day: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Ferrante: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Fiola: yes
- Donato: yes
- Decker: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: yes
- Garballey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garry: yes
- Gentile: yes
- Giannino: yes
- Gómez: yes
- González: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Gregoire: yes
- Haggerty: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Hawkins: yes
- Hendricks: yes
- Higgins: yes
- Holmes: not voting
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunt: not voting
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: yes
- McGonagle: yes
- McMurtry: yes
- Mendes: yes
- Meschino: yes
- Michlewitz: yes
- Moakley: yes
- Montaño: yes
- Moran, J.: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Murray: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- O'Day: yes
- Ouellette: yes
- Owens: yes
- Paulino: yes
- Philips: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Saunders: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: not voting
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: not voting
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Turco: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ultrino: no
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Wells: yes
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ferguson: yes
- Frost: yes
- Muradian: yes
- Vieira: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- DeCoste: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Reid: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Lawn: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: not voting
- Kane: not voting
- Lombardo: yes
- Marsi: yes
- McKenna: yes
- Orrall: yes
- Pease: yes
- Smola: yes
- Soter: yes
- Sullivan-Almeida: yes
- Sweezey: yes
- Thurber: yes
- Vaughn: yes
- Wong: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4706

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