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An Act promoting consumer choice in health care

Reported by Joint Committee on Financial Services  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4953  ·  Bill

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-01-28HouseReported from the committee on Financial Services
2026-01-28HouseNew draft of H1295
2026-01-28HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2026-07-09HouseReporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026
2026-08-10HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5645
2026-08-10HouseReferred to the committee on House Ways and Means with the amendment pending

1 amendments filed

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act promoting consumer choice in health careJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

2 committee votes

Financial Services (J)  ·  2025-12-16 11:30  ·  Report as Redrafted

favorable · 11

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2026-07-31 16:38  ·  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
RedraftFinancial Services (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.