# Massachusetts H 5013: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program

Massachusetts H 5013, An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michelle L. Badger (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-27 (Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5013
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-07-27, Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Health, Health Care Financing, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (24 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: Adrian C. Madaro (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: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rob Consalvo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven J. Ouellette (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-16 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-22 | committee | Committee Favorable: Shall H5013, An Act to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program be reported out favorably? | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-07-27: Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-05-28: Reporting date extended to Thursday, December 31, 2026 (House)
- 2026-05-26: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (House)
- 2026-03-23: Hearing rescheduled to 03/23/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 AM in B-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-03-23: Hearing rescheduled to 03/23/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-03-13: Hearing scheduled for 03/23/2026 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-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 Public Health (House)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5013.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)
- 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/H5013.pdf)

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