MA H 5305

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An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment

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

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Did MA H 5305 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5305 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-25): Published as amended, see H5316

What is MA H 5305 about?

MA H 5305 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust and equal constitutional treatment”.

Who sponsors MA H 5305?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 5305, joined by 95 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-25 — Published as amended, see H5316
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-25
Published as amended, see H5316
2026-03-25
Amendment 14 adopted, as changed - 136 YEAS to 18 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 149 )
amendment-passage
2026-03-25
Amendment 5 adopted, as changed - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 148 )
amendment-passage
2026-03-25
Amendment 10 adopted, as changed - 130 YEAS to 25 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 147 )
amendment-passage
2026-03-25
Amendment 13 adopted, as changed - 151 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 146 )
amendment-passage
2026-03-25
Amendment 7 rejected
amendment-failure
2026-03-25
Amendment 2 rejected
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2026-03-25
Amendment 6 rejected
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2026-03-25
Read third
reading-3
2026-03-25
Rules suspended
2026-03-25
Ordered to a third reading
2026-03-25
New draft of H5293
2026-03-25
Pending new draft of H5293
2026-03-25
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

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H. 5305 On adoption of amendment #13, chg
2026-03-25 · pass · 151-3
Member-level votes (157)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: 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
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Flanagan *: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: not voting
- 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: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: not voting
- 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
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: 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: no
- Ferguson: no
- Frost: yes
- Muradian: yes
- Vieira: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Reid: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Kane: yes
- Lombardo: yes
- Marsi: yes
- McKenna: yes
- Orrall: yes
- Pease: yes
- Smola: yes
- Soter: yes
- Sullivan-Almeida: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- DeCoste: yes
- Howitt: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Fiola: yes
- Sweezey: yes
- Thurber: yes
- Vaughn: no
- Wong: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes
H. 5305 On adoption of amendment #10, chg
2026-03-25 · pass · 130-25
Member-level votes (157)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga *: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: 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
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: not voting
- 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: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: not voting
- 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
- Paulino: yes
- Philips: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reid: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon *: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Turco: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ultrino: yes
- Uyterhoeven: no
- Vargas: no
- Vitolo: no
- Walsh: no
- Wells: no
- Williams: no
- Worrell: no
- Zlotnik: no
- Owens: no
- Stanley: no
- Sylvia, M.: no
- Ouellette: no
- Fiola: no
- Jones: no
- Ferguson: no
- Frost: no
- Muradian: no
- Vieira: no
- Berthiaume: no
- Boldyga: no
- Chaisson: no
- DeCoste: no
- Gaskey: no
- Howitt: no
- Kane: no
- 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. 5305 On adoption of amendment #5, chg
2026-03-25 · pass · 155-0
Member-level votes (157)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch *: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: 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
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: not voting
- 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: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: not voting
- 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
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Shand: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Sousa: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Fiola: 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: yes
- Kane: yes
- 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. 5305 On adoption of amendment #14, chg
2026-03-25 · pass · 136-18
Member-level votes (157)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch *: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: 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
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: not voting
- 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: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: not voting
- Markey: not voting
- 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
- Plouffe: yes
- Reid: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Wells: yes
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ferguson: yes
- Frost: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: no
- DeCoste: yes
- Gaskey: yes
- Howitt: yes
- Lombardo: no
- Marsi: no
- McKenna: no
- Orrall: no
- Pease: no
- Smola: no
- Soter: no
- Sullivan-Almeida: no
- Sweezey: no
- Thurber: no
- Vaughn: yes
- Wong: no
- Berthiaume: no
- Kane: no
- Sousa: no
- Muradian: no
- Vieira: no
- Roy: no
- Ultrino: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Tyler: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Turco: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Shand: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Philips: yes
- Fiola: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes
H. 5305 On passing to be engrossed
2026-03-25 · pass · 134-21
Member-level votes (157)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Moran, M.: yes
- Hogan: yes
- Peisch: yes
- Moran, F.: yes
- Donato: yes
- Arciero: yes
- Arena-DeRosa: yes
- Armini: yes
- Arriaga: yes
- Ashe: yes
- Ayers: yes
- Badger: yes
- Barber: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Biele: 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
- Decker: yes
- Diggs: yes
- Domb: yes
- Donaghue: yes
- Donahue: yes
- DuBois: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Farley-Bouvier: yes
- Field: yes
- Finn: yes
- Flanagan: yes
- Fluker-Reid: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Galvin: not voting
- 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: yes
- Honan: yes
- Hong: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kassner: yes
- Kearney: yes
- Keefe: yes
- Kerans: yes
- Kilcoyne: yes
- Kushmerek: yes
- LaNatra: yes
- Lawn: yes
- LeBoeuf: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Linsky: yes
- Lipper-Garabedian: yes
- Livingstone: yes
- Luddy: yes
- MacGregor: yes
- Madaro: yes
- Mahoney: yes
- Markey: not voting
- 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
- Philips: yes
- Ramos, O.: yes
- Reid: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Robertson: yes
- Rogers, D.: yes
- Rogers, J.: yes
- Roy: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Sabadosa: yes
- Sangiolo: yes
- Saunders: yes
- Scanlon: yes
- Scarsdale: yes
- Schwartz: yes
- Sena: yes
- Ultrino: yes
- Uyterhoeven: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Vitolo: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Wells: yes
- Williams: yes
- Worrell: yes
- Zlotnik: yes
- Jones: yes
- Frost: no
- Muradian: yes
- Berthiaume: yes
- Boldyga: yes
- Chaisson: no
- DeCoste: no
- Gaskey: no
- Howitt: no
- Kane: no
- Lombardo: no
- Marsi: no
- McKenna: no
- Orrall: no
- Pease: no
- Smola: no
- Soter: no
- Sullivan-Almeida: no
- Sweezey: no
- Thurber: no
- Vaughn: no
- Wong: no
- Ferguson: yes
- Vieira: no
- Sousa: no
- Stanley: no
- Tyler: yes
- Ramos, A.: yes
- Silvia, A.: yes
- Turco: yes
- Puppolo: yes
- Shand: yes
- Tarsky: yes
- Paulino: yes
- Plouffe: yes
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Owens: yes
- Fiola: yes
- Xiarhos: yes
- Whipps: yes

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