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

H 636: An Act requiring financial education in schools

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 636 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act requiring financial education in schools. Primary sponsor: Kate Lipper-Garabedian (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 23, 2025): Accompanied H627.

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 Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 636) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and others for legislation to require financial education in schools. Education.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kate Lipper-GarabedianPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse32nd Middlesex
Mindy DombCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Hampshire
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Lisa FieldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3rd Bristol
Dennis GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Plymouth
Sean GarballeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23rd Middlesex
State Treasurer and Receiver General Deborah GoldbergCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Russell HolmesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Suffolk
John MarsiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6th Worcester
Amy SangioloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Middlesex
Mark SylviaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Bristol
Steve UltrinoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33rd Middlesex

“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. Accompanied H627
  2. Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 11:00 AM-5:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
  3. Senate concurred
  4. Referred to the committee on Education

Sources

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