# Massachusetts H 4832: An Act relative to the contracting of digital replicas

Massachusetts H 4832, An Act relative to the contracting of digital replicas, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity; status third reading, last action 2026-01-20 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4832
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the contracting of digital replicas
- Status: third reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-24
- Last action: 2026-01-20, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
- Cosponsors: 22
- Subjects: Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 1 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 Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
- Cosponsor: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Field (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mindy Domb (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patricia D. Jehlen (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tackey Chan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-03 | committee | Committee Redraft: AITIC Committee Poll | pass | 8 | 1 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2026-01-20: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-01-20: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-01-20: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-24: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-24: New draft of H74 (House)
- 2025-12-24: Reported from the committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4832.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/H4832.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4832-194 (as of 2026-11-01).