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

H 4946: An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer

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 4946 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services. It lists 68 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 31, 2026): New draft substituted, see H5631.

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 52 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Financial ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jim ArcieroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Middlesex
James Arena-DeRosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Middlesex
Michelle BadgerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Plymouth
Christine BarberCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34th Middlesex
Donnie BerthiaumeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Worcester
Mike BradyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateSecond Plymouth and Norfolk
Tony CabralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Bristol
Dan CahillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Essex
Tackey ChanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Norfolk
Nick CollinsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateFirst Suffolk
David DeCosteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Plymouth
Mindy DombCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Hampshire
Paul DonatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35th Middlesex
Rodney M. ElliottCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kim FergusonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1st Worcester
Chris FlanaganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Barnstable
Paul FrostCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7th Worcester
Dennis GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Plymouth
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
Colleen GarryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36th Middlesex
John GaskeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2nd Plymouth
Carmine GentileCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Middlesex
Carlos GonzálezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Hampden
Ryan HamiltonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Essex
Jim HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Bristol
Chris HendricksCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Bristol
Natalie HigginsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Worcester
Tara HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18th Middlesex
Vanna HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateFirst Middlesex
Steven HowittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4th Bristol
Hannah KaneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11th Worcester
Kristin KassnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Essex
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Kathy LaNatraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Plymouth
John LawnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Middlesex
David LeBoeufCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17th Worcester
Billy MacGregorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Suffolk
Adrian MadaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Suffolk
John MarsiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6th Worcester
Joe McGonagleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28th Middlesex
Joe McKennaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18th Worcester
Paul McMurtryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Norfolk
Thomas MoakleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Sam MontañoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Suffolk
Brian MurrayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Worcester
Jake OliveiraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampden, Hampshire and Worcester
Francisco PaulinoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16th Essex
Bridget PlouffeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9th Plymouth
Angelo PuppoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Hampden
Adrianne RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Essex
Sean ReidCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Essex
Estela ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Essex
Amy SangioloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Middlesex
Margaret ScarsdaleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Middlesex
Dan SenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37th Middlesex
Mike SoterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8th Worcester
Priscila SousaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Middlesex
Tom StanleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9th Middlesex
Ken SweezeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6th Plymouth
Mark SylviaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Bristol
Bruce TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateFirst Essex and Middlesex
Steve UltrinoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33rd Middlesex
Erika UyterhoevenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27th Middlesex
Marcus VaughnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9th Norfolk
Richard WellsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7th Norfolk
Donald WongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9th Essex
Steve XiarhosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Barnstable
Jon ZlotnikCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Worcester

“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 H5631
  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 H5631
  7. Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
  9. New draft of H1230
  10. Reported from the committee on Financial Services

Sources

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