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An Act significantly alleviating poverty

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5085  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4622

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-05-19HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2026-02-05HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2026-02-09SenateSenate concurred
2026-06-18JointHearing scheduled for 07/01/2026 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2
2026-07-01JointHearing rescheduled to 07/01/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:50 PM in B-2 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-08-06HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2026-07-30 17:00  ·  Joint Poll on H5085

favorable · 13

reserve right · 4

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
2026-07-01Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (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.