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

H 5448: An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke

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 5448 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on May 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke. Primary sponsor: Pat Duffy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (August 24, 2026): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

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

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5448) of Patricia A. Duffy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat DuffyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse5th 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. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  3. Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  4. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  5. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  6. Rules suspended
  7. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  8. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  9. Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1
  10. Senate concurred
  11. Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Sources

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