# Massachusetts H 5253: Study Order

Massachusetts H 5253, Study Order, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Election Laws; 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 5253
- 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 Election Laws
- 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 Election Laws

## 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 H803, H809, H810, H813, H814, H823, H828, H829, H830, H831, H835, H841, H847, H852, H854, H855, H861, H866, H869, H870, H872, H879, H881, H3908, H3919, H3943, H4034, H4055, H4098, H4108, H4189, H4377 and H4499 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Reported from the committee on Election Laws (under House Rule 27) (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5253.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/H5253.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-H5253-194 (as of 2026-11-01).