# Massachusetts H 5375: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges Massachusetts H 5375, An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2026-06-11 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5375-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 5375 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-15 - Last action: 2026-06-11, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, Senate Ways and Means - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (321 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Modernize commuter rail equipment: benefit, high. The law provides $200 million to upgrade commuter rail. Funds can buy new locomotives and vehicles and pay for planning and design. The goal is more reliable and modern trains for riders. - Safer, stronger state parkways: benefit, high. The law invests $200 million to fix and modernize state parkways. Money can pay for planning, design, construction, safety and accessibility, bike and pedestrian paths, lighting and signals, and climate resilience and stormwater. Work should follow historic parkway guidelines when possible. Agencie… - Statewide bridge and pavement upgrades: benefit, high. The law invests $500 million to design, repair, and improve bridges and roads. It covers projects without federal aid and the non‑federal share of others. Money can pay for engineering, permits, climate resilience, and bike and pedestrian features. The state can give matching grants to towns for su… - Transport projects to unlock housing: benefit, high. The law provides $200 million for transportation work that supports new housing. Funds can pay for planning, design, and construction of roads, bridges, sidewalks, bike paths, culverts, safety upgrades, lighting, and stormwater and climate resilience. The Transportation Secretary may give grants to… - Bigger 2022 transportation funding totals: benefit, high. The law raises several transportation authorizations from a 2022 law. It boosts Item 6121‑2214 from about $2.81 billion to about $5.11 billion and Item 6121‑2217 from about $1.27 billion to about $2.07 billion. It lifts Section 41 from about $611.8 million to about $1.07 billion and Section 42 from… - More aid for local road work: mixed, high. The law provides $300 million for cities and towns to build and fix local roads. Up to $100 million is split by local road mileage. By March 1 each year, the state sends each town a notice, and towns can spend up to that amount without another local vote. The state must reimburse towns within 30 da… - State borrowing for transportation projects: mixed, high. The state can issue up to $1.4 billion in bonds, called the Commonwealth Transportation Improvement Act of 2026. Bonds can run up to 30 years and must be paid by June 30, 2066. Principal and interest are paid from the General Fund or the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. The treasurer can issue the… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-03 | House | Enacted | pass | 152 | 0 | | | 2026-05-18 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 14 | 0 | 2 | | 2026-04-15 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 155 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2026-06-11: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-06-04: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-06-04: Enacted -see Roll Call #191 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-06-03: Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 200) (House) - 2026-05-26: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2026-05-21: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Committee recommended ought to pass (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Passed to be engrossed - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 157) (House) - 2026-04-15: Read third (House) - 2026-04-15: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-04-15: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-04-15: New draft of H5279 (House) - 2026-04-15: Pending new draft of H5279 (House) - 2026-04-15: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-11: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5375.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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) ## Sources - [Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5375.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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5375-194 (as of 2026-11-01).