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An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS

Reported by Joint Committee on Public Health  ·  92 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4870  ·  Bill

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-01-05HouseReported from the committee on Public Health
2026-01-05HouseNew draft of H2450
2026-01-05HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-07-09HouseReporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026
2026-07-22HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5598
2026-07-22HouseReferred to the committee on House Ways and Means with the amendment pending

1 amendments filed

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFASJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

2 committee votes

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-12-09 14:00  ·  Shall the bill be reported favorably with a new draft?

favorable · 11

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2026-07-16 19:25  ·  Favorable as redrafted

favorable · 13

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftPublic Health (J)
Favorable with AmendmentHealth Care Financing (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.