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

H 5279: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

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 5279 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on March 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. Primary sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 15, 2026): New draft substituted, see H5375.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joint Committee on TransportationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Maura T. HealeyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 H5375
  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 H5375
  7. Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
  8. Hearing rescheduled to 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
  9. Hearing scheduled for 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-1
  10. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
  11. New draft of H4987
  12. Reported from the committee on Transportation

Sources

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