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An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

Reported by Joint Committee on Transportation  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5279  ·  Bill

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-03-23HouseReported from the committee on Transportation
2026-03-23HouseNew draft of H4987
2026-03-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
2026-03-31JointHearing scheduled for 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-1
2026-04-07JointHearing rescheduled to 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-04-08HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-04-15HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5375
2026-04-15HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-04-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-04-15HouseRules suspended
2026-04-15HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-04-15HouseNew draft substituted, see H5375

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridgesHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

3 committee votes

Transportation (J)  ·  2026-03-18 12:00  ·  Redraft

favorable · 20

Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets  ·  2026-04-07 15:20  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 19

no action · 1

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-04-14 10:45  ·  H.5279 “An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges” as amended

favorable · 28

no action · 6

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
2026-04-07Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State AssetsA-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftTransportation (J)
FavorableBonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Maura T. Healey

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.