# Massachusetts H 3937: An Act creating a climate bank in Massachusetts Massachusetts H 3937, An Act creating a climate bank in Massachusetts, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joan Meschino (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-02-19 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3937-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 3937 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act creating a climate bank in Massachusetts - Status: in committee - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-13 - Last action: 2026-02-19, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means - Sponsor: Joan Meschino (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 22 - Subjects: Financial Services, House Ways and Means - 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: Joan Meschino (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dawne Shand (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Hannah Bowen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Leigh Davis (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Patricia A. Duffy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-13 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 9 | 0 | 2 | ## Actions (11) - 2026-02-19: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) - 2025-11-18: Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
Hearing updated to New End Time (legislature) - 2025-11-18: Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
Hearing updated to New End Time (legislature) - 2025-11-18: Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
Hearing updated to New End Time (legislature) - 2025-11-14: Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
Hearing location changed (legislature) - 2025-11-07: Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual
Hearing updated to include Virtual (legislature) - 2025-11-07: Hearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 (legislature) - 2025-03-31: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Referred to the committee on Financial Services (House) - 2025-03-26: Returned from the Secretary of State (House) - 2025-03-13: Transmitted to the Secretary of State (House) ## Bill text - As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3937.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - 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 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed) ## Sources - [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3937.pdf) ## Related - [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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3937-194 (as of 2026-11-01).