# Massachusetts H 5219: An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management

Massachusetts H 5219, An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; status in committee, last action 2026-03-12 (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 5219
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-12
- Last action: 2026-03-12, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors: 37
- Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (9 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: Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
- Cosponsor: Aaron L. Saunders (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher Richard Flanagan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Danillo A. Sena (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David M. Rogers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Paul Linsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hadley Luddy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joan Meschino (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mary S. Keefe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Connolly (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Richard G. Wells Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Reid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent), House
- Cosponsor: Tackey Chan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tram T. Nguyen (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-06 | committee | Committee Redraft: Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably? | pass | 9 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-03-12: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-12: New draft of H1003 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Reported from the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5219.pdf)

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- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5219.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5219-194 (as of 2026-11-01).