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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 1500: An Act addressing affordable housing

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 1500 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act addressing affordable housing. Primary sponsor: Rodney M. Elliott. It lists 34 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 6, 2025): Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Elliott of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1500) of Rodney M. Elliott relative to the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. Housing.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 32 · Independent 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rodney M. ElliottPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James Arena-DeRosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Middlesex
Michelle BadgerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Plymouth
Hannah BowenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Essex
Rob ConsalvoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Suffolk
Leigh DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Berkshire
David DeCosteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Plymouth
Bill DriscollCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol
Michelle DuBoisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Plymouth
Pat DuffyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Hampden
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Lisa FieldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Bristol
Dennis GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Plymouth
Jessica GianninoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16th Suffolk
Kristin KassnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Essex
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Kathy LaNatraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Plymouth
David LinskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Middlesex
Joe McGonagleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28th Middlesex
Thomas MoakleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Frank MoranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17th Essex
Tram NguyenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18th Essex
Steve OwensCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29th Middlesex
Bridget PlouffeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9th Plymouth
Angelo PuppoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Hampden
Sean ReidCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Essex
Estela ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Essex
Lindsay SabadosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Hampshire
Adam ScanlonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Bristol
Margaret ScarsdaleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Middlesex
Dan SenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37th Middlesex
Mark SylviaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Bristol
Richard WellsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7th Norfolk
Susannah WhippsCo-sponsorIndependentHouse2nd Franklin
Chris WorrellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Suffolk

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  2. Reporting date extended to Friday, October 31, 2025
  3. Hearing scheduled for 07/23/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
  4. Senate concurred
  5. Referred to the committee on Housing

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source