# Massachusetts H 5012: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information

Massachusetts H 5012, An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michelle L. Badger (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-05-20 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5012
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to students accessing food and nutritional information
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-05-20, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Higher Education, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (10 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: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hadley Luddy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Bowen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joshua Tarsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rob Consalvo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-18 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should H.5012 be reported favorable to the House? | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-05-20: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-09: Hearing scheduled for 03/19/2026 from 12:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-01-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Higher Education (House)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5012.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 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/H5012.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5012-194 (as of 2026-11-01).