# Massachusetts H 5469: An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government Massachusetts H 5469, An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-31 (Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5469-194 - 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 5469 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government - Status: passed senate - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-06-03 - Last action: 2026-07-31, Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Ways and Means - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (161 yes, 28 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 ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-23 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text | pass | 15 | 0 | 3 | | 2026-06-03 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 125 | 28 | | | 2026-06-02 | committee | Committee In Part: H.5050 “An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for responding to recent federal actions” in part, as amended | pass | 21 | 0 | 9 | ## Actions (25) - 2026-07-31: Committee of conference appointed (Creem-Friedman-Dooner), in concurrence (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Senate insisted on its amendment (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Committee of conference appointed - (Peisch-Vargas-Muradian) (House) - 2026-07-31: House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2026-07-31: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-07-30: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #217 (Yeas 34 to Nays 6) (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Read third (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Reprinted, as amended, see S3244 (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200 (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Read second (Senate) - 2026-07-23: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 30, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-07-23: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate) - 2026-07-23: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3200 (Senate) - 2026-07-06: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) - 2026-06-03: Passed to be engrossed - 125 YEAS to 28 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 201) (House) - 2026-06-03: Read third (House) - 2026-06-03: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-06-03: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-06-03: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-06-03: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2026-06-03: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-06-03: Reported on a part of H5050 (House) - 2026-06-03: Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Passed to be engrossed, 2026-07-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5469.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/H5469.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-H5469-194 (as of 2026-11-01).