# Massachusetts H 5250: Study Order

Massachusetts H 5250, Study Order, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries; status in committee, last action 2026-03-19 (Discharged to the committee on House Rules) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5250
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: Study Order
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-19
- Last action: 2026-03-19, Discharged to the committee on House Rules
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Joint Rules, House Rules
- 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: Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

## Actions (4)

- 2026-03-19: Discharged to the committee on House Rules (House)
- 2026-03-19: Order reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Joint Rules (House)
- 2026-03-19: Accompanied by H3981 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Reported from the committee on Agriculture and Fisheries (under House Rule 27) (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5250.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/H5250.pdf)

## Related
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5250-194 (as of 2026-11-01).