An Act relative to consumer protections for low valued legal tender scarcity

Filed by Tackey Chan · 6 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

H5138 · Bill · docket HD5559

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2026-01-27	House	Referred to the committee on House Rules
2026-02-17	House	Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2026-02-19	Senate	Senate concurred
2026-04-02	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 04/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-04-15	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 04/15/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:35 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-05-26	House	Accompanied a new draft, see H5450

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

Date	Committee	Where	Status
2026-04-15	Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)	A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston	Completed

Action	Committee
Suspend Rules	Rules (H)
Accompanied	Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)

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.