# Massachusetts H 5279: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges

Massachusetts H 5279, An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Transportation; status second reading, last action 2026-04-15 (New draft substituted, see H5375) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5279
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges
- Status: second reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-23
- Last action: 2026-04-15, New draft substituted, see H5375
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Transportation, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (54 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 Transportation
- Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-14 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.5279 “An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges” as amended | pass | 28 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-18 | committee | Committee Redraft: Redraft | pass | 13 | 0 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-04-15: New draft substituted, see H5375 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House)
- 2026-04-15: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-04-15: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-04-15: Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-04-15: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5375 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-04-07: Hearing rescheduled to 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-03-31: Hearing scheduled for 04/07/2026 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-03-23: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (House)
- 2026-03-23: New draft of H4987 (House)
- 2026-03-23: Reported from the committee on Transportation (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5279.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5279.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5279-194 (as of 2026-11-01).