# Massachusetts H 5259: An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts' competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy

Massachusetts H 5259, An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts' competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies; status in committee, last action 2026-04-15 (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 5259
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts' competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-18
- Last action: 2026-04-15, Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, 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: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-09 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable Redraft | pass | 11 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (4)

- 2026-04-15: Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-18: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing (House)
- 2026-03-18: New draft of H4375 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Reported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5259.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/H5259.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5259-194 (as of 2026-11-01).