# Massachusetts H 5441: An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus

Massachusetts H 5441, An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status passed house, last action 2026-05-21 (Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5441-194
- 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 5441
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to newborn screenings for congenital cytomegalovirus
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-05-20
- Last action: 2026-05-21, Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 22
- Subjects: House Ways and Means, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (156 yes, 155 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: House Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsor: Adrian C. Madaro (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erika Uyterhoeven (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joseph D. McKenna (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marjorie C. Decker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie M. Higgins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul J. Donato (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul K. Frost (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sally P. Kerans (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Garballey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William C. Galvin (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-20 | House | Amendment 3 rejected | fail | 1 | 154 |   |
| 2026-05-20 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 155 | 1 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-05-21: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-05-20: Passed to be engrossed - 155 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 194) (House)
- 2026-05-20: Amendment 3 rejected - 1 YEAS to 154 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 193) (House)
- 2026-05-20: Read third (House)
- 2026-05-20: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-20: Ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-05-20: New draft of H4367 (House)
- 2026-05-20: Pending new draft of H4367 (House)
- 2026-05-20: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-05-20: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5441.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5441.pdf)

## Related
- [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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [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)
- [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-H5441-194 (as of 2026-11-01).