# Massachusetts H 5301: An Act to regulate junk fees in rental housing and advance housing production

Massachusetts H 5301, An Act to regulate junk fees in rental housing and advance housing production, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Housing; status in committee, last action 2026-03-26 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5301
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to regulate junk fees in rental housing and advance housing production
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-26
- Last action: 2026-03-26, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Housing
- Cosponsors: 25
- Subjects: Housing, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 1 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 Housing
- Cosponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andres X. Vargas (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christine P. Barber (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher Hendricks (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher M. Markey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Schwartz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John Francis Moran (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kate Donaghue (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin G. Honan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (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: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Russell E. Holmes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Garballey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-18 | committee | Committee Redraft: Poll on H.1553, Redrafted | pass | 8 | 1 | 1 |

## Actions (3)

- 2026-03-26: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-03-26: New draft of H1553 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Reported from the committee on Housing (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5301.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/H5301.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5301-194 (as of 2026-11-01).