# Massachusetts H 1542: An Act to study single-stair residential buildings

Massachusetts H 1542, An Act to study single-stair residential buildings, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-11-06 (Accompanied a new draft, see H4699) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 1542
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to study single-stair residential buildings
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-11-06, Accompanied a new draft, see H4699
- Sponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: Housing
- 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: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christine P. Barber (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher M. Markey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John Francis Moran (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin G. Honan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House

## Actions (5)

- 2025-11-06: Accompanied a new draft, see H4699 (House)
- 2025-09-18: Reporting date extended to Friday, October 31, 2025 (House)
- 2025-06-18: Hearing scheduled for 06/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Housing (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1542.pdf)

## Related bills

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- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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/H1542.pdf)

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- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H1542-194 (as of 2026-11-01).