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

H 4277: An Act creating a maximum allowable check-cashing rate for check cashers

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 4277 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on July 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act creating a maximum allowable check-cashing rate for check cashers. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (August 21, 2025): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional LicensurePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Dan HuntCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th 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. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Rules suspended
  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  4. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. New draft of H400
  6. Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Sources

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