# Massachusetts H 4649: An Act establishing a special commission on micro-transit

Massachusetts H 4649, An Act establishing a special commission on micro-transit, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Transportation; status in committee, last action 2026-02-05 (Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4649
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act establishing a special commission on micro-transit
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-27
- Last action: 2026-02-05, Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsors: 12
- Subjects: Transportation, Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, House Rules, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (12 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: Joint Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsor: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Leigh Davis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mindy Domb (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Todd M. Smola (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-15 | committee | Committee Redraft: Redraft | pass | 12 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-02-05: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-11-20: Discharged to the committee on House Rules (House)
- 2025-10-27: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently (House)
- 2025-10-27: New draft of H3658 (House)
- 2025-10-27: Reported from the committee on Transportation (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4649.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4649.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [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-H4649-194 (as of 2026-11-01).