# Massachusetts H 5302: An Act helping employees after a relative’s tragedy

Massachusetts H 5302, An Act helping employees after a relative’s tragedy, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development; 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 5302
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act helping employees after a relative’s tragedy
- 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 Labor and Workforce Development
- Cosponsors: 30
- Subjects: Labor and Workforce Development, House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (11 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 Labor and Workforce Development
- Cosponsor: Carmine Lawrence Gentile (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Colleen M. Garry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David F. DeCoste (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Homar Gómez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James Arciero (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Leigh Davis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark C. Montigny (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mindy Domb (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul McMurtry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Garballey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Simon Cataldo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tara T. Hong (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tram T. Nguyen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William N. Brownsberger (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-18 | committee | Committee Redraft: Do you agree with the Chair's recommendation to give the bill a favorable report? | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## 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 H2064, H2106, H2188 and H2189 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Reported from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5302.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/H5302.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5302-194 (as of 2026-11-01).