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

H 5019: An Act relative to access to health care

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 5019 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to access to health care. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Financial Services. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 9, 2026): Reporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026.

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on Financial ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Jeff TurcoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19th 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. Reporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026
  2. Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
  3. New draft of H1218
  4. Reported from the committee on Financial Services

Sources

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