# Massachusetts H 4917: An Act relative to a town-wide ban on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs)

Massachusetts H 4917, An Act relative to a town-wide ban on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs), is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-03-12 (Accompanied a new draft, see H5217) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4917
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to a town-wide ban on the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs)
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-08
- Last action: 2026-03-12, Accompanied a new draft, see H5217
- Sponsor: Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-03-12: Accompanied a new draft, see H5217 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Hearing rescheduled to 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 AM in 222 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-02-18: Hearing scheduled for 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222 (legislature)
- 2026-02-17: Hearing scheduled for 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222 (legislature)
- 2026-01-12: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4917.pdf)

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- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
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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)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4917.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4917-194 (as of 2026-11-01).