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MA H 5469

passed one chamber

An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government

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

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Quick answers

Did MA H 5469 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5469 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-07-31): Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence

What is MA H 5469 about?

MA H 5469 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government”.

Who sponsors MA H 5469?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 5469.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-07-31 — Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • House Committee on Ways and Meansprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-31

    Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence

  2. 2026-07-31

    Senate insisted on its amendment

  3. 2026-07-31

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-07-31

    Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-Vargas-Muradian)

  5. 2026-07-31

    House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment

  6. 2026-07-31

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-07-30

    Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #217 (Yeas 34 to Nays 6)

    passage

  8. 2026-07-30

    Read third

    reading-3

  9. 2026-07-30

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. 2026-07-30

    Reprinted, as amended, see S3244

  11. 2026-07-30

    Amendment (as recommended by the committee on Senate Ways and Means) adopted, as amended

    amendment-passage

  12. 2026-07-30

    Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200

    amendment-passage

  13. 2026-07-30

    Read second

    reading-2

  14. 2026-07-23

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 30, 2026

  15. 2026-07-23

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

  16. 2026-07-23

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-07-06

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-06-03

    Passed to be engrossed - 125 YEAS to 28 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 201 )

    passage

  19. 2026-06-03

    Read third

    reading-3

  20. 2026-06-03

    Rules suspended

  21. 2026-06-03

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  22. 2026-06-03

    Rules suspended

  23. 2026-06-03

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  24. 2026-06-03

    Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  25. 2026-06-03

    Reported on a part of H5050

  26. 2026-06-03

    Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • H. 5469 On passing to be engrossed

    2026-06-03 · pass · 125-28

    Member-level votes (158)
    • 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
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: yes
    • Cataldo: yes
    • Chan: yes
    • Ciccolo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Consalvo: not voting
    • Cruz: no
    • Cusack: not voting
    • Gallagher: not voting
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Day: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Diggs: yes
    • Domb: yes
    • Donaghue: not voting
    • Donahue: no
    • DuBois: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: 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
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Ayers: 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
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Reyes: not voting
    • 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
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: no
    • Ultrino: no
    • Uyterhoeven: no
    • Vargas: no
    • Vitolo: no
    • Walsh: no
    • Wells: no
    • Williams: no
    • Worrell: no
    • Zlotnik: no
    • Paulino: no
    • Tarr: no
    • Owens: no
    • Markey: 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

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