An Act prioritizing patient access to care
Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means · 36 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
Became Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026.
H5595 · Bill
20 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2026-07-22 | House | Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Pending new draft of H2370 |
| 2026-07-22 | House | New draft of H2370 |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Read third |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Amendment 1 pending |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Point of Order pending |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Point of Order well taken |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Amendment 1 laid aside |
| 2026-07-22 | House | Passed to be engrossed - 119 YEAS to 33 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 236) |
| 2026-07-29 | Senate | Read |
| 2026-07-29 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-07-29 | Senate | Referred to the committee on Senate Rules |
| 2026-07-31 | Senate | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2026-07-31 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-07-31 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Enacted - 121 YEAS to 35 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 262) |
| 2026-07-31 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2026-08-10 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2026 |
1 recorded vote
| When | Chamber | Roll call | Question | Tally |
|---|
| 2026-07-22 15:36 | House | No. 236 | On Engrossment | 119–33 |
2 amendments filed
1 laid aside · 1 withdrawn
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| House 1 | relative to taxpayer conscience protection | Joseph D. McKenna | Laid aside |
| House 2 | Environmental Protection | Chynah Tyler | Withdrawn |
1 committee vote
Rules (S) · 2026-07-30 12:00 · Placed in the Orders of the Day with an amendment
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
Committee actions
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.