# Massachusetts H 4852: An Act relative to supported decision-making agreements for certain adults

Massachusetts H 4852, An Act relative to supported decision-making agreements for certain adults, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status in committee, last action 2026-10-01 (Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means, with the amendment previously recommended by the committee on Health Care Financing pending) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4852
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to supported decision-making agreements for certain adults
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-29
- Last action: 2026-10-01, Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means, with the amendment previously recommended by the committee on Health Care Financing pending
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, Health Care Financing, Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, with the amendment pending
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (28 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

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-31 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Favorable as Redrafted | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-08 | committee | Committee Redraft: Poll on H261 (Accompanied by H264) | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-03 | committee | Committee Redraft: Poll on H261 | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-10-01: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means, with the amendment previously recommended by the committee on Health Care Financing pending (House)
- 2026-08-20: Discharged to the committee on House Rules with the amendment previously recommended by the committee on Health Care Financing pending (House)
- 2026-08-10: Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-08-10: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5644 (House)
- 2026-07-09: Reporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026 (House)
- 2025-12-29: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (House)
- 2025-12-29: New draft of H261 and H264 (House)
- 2025-12-29: Reported from the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4852.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/H4852.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4852-194 (as of 2026-11-01).