# Massachusetts H 3438: An Act establishing the official sedimentary structure of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts H 3438, An Act establishing the official sedimentary structure of the Commonwealth, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Susannah M. Whipps (Independent); status passed house, last action 2026-08-13 (Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3438
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing the official sedimentary structure of the Commonwealth
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-08-13, Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
- Sponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dawne Shand (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jacob R. Oliveira (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James J. O'Day (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly W. Pease (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Garballey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tackey Chan (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-21 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-08-13: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2026-08-10: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-11-26: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-11-26: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-11-26: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-10-30: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-09-25: Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (House)
- 2025-06-18: Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-08-10: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3438.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
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3438.pdf)

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- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3438-194 (as of 2026-11-01).