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

H 5441: An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus

Passed one chamber 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 5441 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on May 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus. Primary sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2026): Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means.

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 17 · Independent 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
House Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Marjorie DeckerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25th Middlesex
Paul DonatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35th Middlesex
Paul FrostCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7th Worcester
Bill GalvinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Norfolk
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
Natalie HigginsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Worcester
Brad JonesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20th Middlesex
Hannah KaneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11th Worcester
Kristin KassnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Essex
Sally KeransCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Essex
David LeBoeufCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17th Worcester
Joan LovelyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateSecond Essex
Adrian MadaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Suffolk
Joe McKennaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18th Worcester
Sam MontañoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Suffolk
Brian MurrayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Worcester
Steve OwensCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29th Middlesex
Angelo PuppoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Hampden
Lindsay SabadosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Hampshire
Tom StanleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9th Middlesex
Erika UyterhoevenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27th Middlesex
Susannah WhippsCo-sponsorIndependentHouse2nd Franklin

“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; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
  2. Passed to be engrossed - 155 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 194 )
  3. Amendment 3 rejected - 1 YEAS to 154 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 193 )
  4. Read third
  5. Rules suspended
  6. Ordered to a third reading
  7. New draft of H4367
  8. Pending new draft of H4367
  9. Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

Sources

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