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An Act to Protect Tenants by Limiting Rent Increases

Filed by  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5008  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5641

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-05HouseReferred to the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
2026-02-09SenateSenate concurred
2026-03-04JointHearing scheduled for 03/17/2026 from 02:00 PM-04:30 PM in A-1
2026-05-07HouseCommittee recommends no action taken
2026-05-07HouseFor majority report, see H5408
2026-05-07HousePlaced on file

1 committee vote

Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions  ·  2026-05-04 15:00  ·  Committee recommends that the General Court take no action on the Initiative Petition

favorable · 10

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

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2026-03-17Special Joint Committee on Initiative PetitionsA-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Ought not to be ApprovedSpecial Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

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.