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An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation

Reported by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5527  ·  Bill

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-06-22HouseReported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
2026-06-22HouseNew draft of H5386
2026-06-22HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
2026-06-22JointHearing scheduled for 07/02/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-07-02HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-06HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H5562
2026-07-06HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-07-08HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-07-08HouseRules suspended
2026-07-08HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-08HouseNew draft substituted, see H5562

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act relative to economic development in the commonwealthHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

3 committee votes

Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (J)  ·  2026-06-22 15:00  ·  Favorable Redraft

favorable · 18

reserve right · 2

Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets  ·  2026-07-02 16:30  ·  Yes to be Ingrossed as it is Written

favorable · 18

reserve right · 2

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-07-06 10:45  ·  H.5527 “An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation” as amended

favorable · 20

reserve right · 5

no action · 9

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
2026-07-02Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State AssetsA-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftEconomic Development and Emerging Technologies (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.