# Massachusetts H 4914: An Act relative to the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code

Massachusetts H 4914, An Act relative to the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic); status third reading, last action 2026-05-14 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4914
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code
- Status: third reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-05
- Last action: 2026-05-14, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsor: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Financial Services, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 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: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-17 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should this bill be voted out of committee favorably? | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-05-14: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-05-14: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-14: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-04-21: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-02-24: Hearing rescheduled to 02/24/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:35 PM in Virtual Hearing <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-02-13: Hearing scheduled for 02/24/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-01-08: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Financial Services (House)
- 2026-01-05: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4914.pdf)

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- 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)
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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4914.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4914-194 (as of 2026-11-01).