MA H 5491

in committee

An Act implementing the recommendations of the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report

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

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Did MA H 5491 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5491 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-17): Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What is MA H 5491 about?

MA H 5491 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act implementing the recommendations of the Walsh-Kennedy Commission Report”.

Who sponsors MA H 5491?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 5491, joined by 41 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-08-17 — Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-08-17
Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
referral-committee
2026-08-13
Read third and passed to be engrossed
passage,reading-3
2026-08-13
Taken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-10
Ordered to a third reading
2026-08-10
Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3251
amendment-passage
2026-08-10
Read second
reading-2
2026-08-10
Rules suspended
2026-08-10
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3251
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-11
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
referral-committee
2026-06-10
Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 212 )
passage
2026-06-10
Read third
reading-3
2026-06-10
Rules suspended
2026-06-10
Ordered to a third reading
2026-06-10
New draft of H2692
2026-06-10
Pending new draft of H2692
2026-06-10
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

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Votes

H. 5491 On passing to be engrossed
2026-06-10 · pass · 156-0
Member-level votes (158)
- Mr.: not voting
- 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
- Fiola: not voting
- 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: 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
- 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
- Sylvia, M.: yes
- Markey: yes
- Tarr: 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

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5491

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