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

H 4642: An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy

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 4642 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on October 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Education. It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 29, 2025): New draft substituted, see H4672.

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 10 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on EducationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Simon CataldoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Middlesex
Pat DuffyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Hampden
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Mary KeefeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Worcester
Mike MooreCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateSecond Worcester
Alice PeischCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Norfolk
Margaret ScarsdaleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Middlesex
Dan SenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37th Middlesex
Justin ThurberCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Bristol
Andy VargasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Essex
Bud WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Hampden

“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. New draft substituted, see H4672
  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
  3. Rules suspended
  4. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  6. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4672
  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. New draft of H669 and H698
  9. Reported from the committee on Education

Sources

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