# Massachusetts H 4671: An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy

Massachusetts H 4671, An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status passed house, last action 2025-10-30 (Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4671
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act expanding student access to the state seal of biliteracy
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-29
- Last action: 2025-10-30, Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: House Ways and Means, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (155 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: House Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Priscila S. Sousa (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 155 | 0 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-10-30: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-10-29: Passed to be engrossed - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 98) (House)
- 2025-10-29: Read third (House)
- 2025-10-29: Ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-10-29: New draft of H629 (House)
- 2025-10-29: Pending new draft of H629 (House)
- 2025-10-29: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2025-10-29: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4671.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
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4671.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 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-H4671-194 (as of 2026-11-01).