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

H 5595: An Act prioritizing patient access to care

Enacted 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 5595 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on July 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act prioritizing patient access to care. Primary sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 36 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 10, 2026): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 35 · Independent 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
House Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jenny ArminiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Essex
Christine BarberCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34th Middlesex
Simon CataldoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Middlesex
Mike ConnollyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26th Middlesex
Manny CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7th Essex
Marjorie DeckerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25th Middlesex
Mindy DombCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Hampshire
Michelle DuBoisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Plymouth
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
Carmine GentileCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Middlesex
Jessica GianninoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16th Suffolk
Homar GomezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Hampshire
Jim HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Bristol
Natalie HigginsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Worcester
Tara HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18th Middlesex
Kristin KassnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2nd Essex
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Mary KeefeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Worcester
Sally KeransCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Essex
David LinskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5th Middlesex
Jay LivingstoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Suffolk
Sam MontañoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Suffolk
John MoranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9th Suffolk
Steve OwensCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29th Middlesex
Adrianne RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14th Essex
Becca RauschCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex
Lindsay SabadosaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Hampshire
Amy SangioloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Middlesex
Margaret ScarsdaleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Middlesex
Greg SchwartzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Middlesex
Dan SenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37th Middlesex
Josh TarskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13th Norfolk
Erika UyterhoevenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27th Middlesex
Tommy VitoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Norfolk
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. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026
  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor
  3. Enacted - 121 YEAS to 35 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 262 )
  4. Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
  5. Rules suspended
  6. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  7. Referred to the committee on Senate Rules
  8. Rules suspended
  9. Read
  10. Passed to be engrossed - 119 YEAS to 33 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 236 )
  11. Amendment 1 laid aside
  12. Point of Order well taken

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Sources

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