# Massachusetts H 4774: An Act establishing the city of Cambridge employment and job training trust Massachusetts H 4774, An Act establishing the city of Cambridge employment and job training trust, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-02-18 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4774-194 - 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 4774 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act establishing the city of Cambridge employment and job training trust - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-11-20 - Last action: 2026-02-18, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 4 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New Cambridge job training and hiring help: benefit, medium. The law creates the City of Cambridge Employment and Job Training Trust. It runs job training and placement for Cambridge residents. The board can make grants and loans to support hiring and training. It can accept money, including zoning-related funds, and use it for these programs. - Trust keeps funds and pays no taxes: benefit, medium. Money given to the Trust goes straight into the Trust. It can spend its funds without extra city approval. Unspent money stays in the Trust each year. The Trust does not pay certain state and local property and income taxes. - Public meetings, audits, and reports for Trust: benefit, low. The Trust must hold public meetings and give notice. An independent auditor reviews its books every year. The board files at least one yearly report to the city manager with receipts and spending. The Trust files its governing declaration with the city clerk. - Board setup, ethics, and contracting rules: mixed, low. The board has 5 to 9 trustees, and the city manager or a designee serves ex officio. The Trust is a public employer; trustees are public employees for state liability rules and special municipal employees for ethics rules. For procurement, the Trust counts as a city board and follows city rules. Bu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House ## Actions (9) - 2026-02-18: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-02-09: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Enacted (House) - 2026-02-05: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-11-24: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-11-20: Passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-11-20: Substituted for H4134 (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-02-18: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4774.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 - [Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4774.pdf) ## Related - [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 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) - [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-H4774-194 (as of 2026-11-01).