# Massachusetts H 1212: An Act relative to emergency insulin access

Massachusetts H 1212, An Act relative to emergency insulin access, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Hannah Kane (Republican), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-01-23 (Accompanied a new draft, see H4944) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 1212
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to emergency insulin access
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-01-23, Accompanied a new draft, see H4944
- Sponsors: Hannah Kane (Republican), Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: Financial Services
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin G. Honan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate

## Actions (8)

- 2026-01-23: Accompanied a new draft, see H4944 (House)
- 2025-10-01: Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-10-01: Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-11:20 PM in B-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-29: Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing location changed</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-25: Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing location changed</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-19: Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Financial Services (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1212.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1212.pdf)

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