# Massachusetts H 5527: An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation

Massachusetts H 5527, An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies; status second reading, last action 2026-07-08 (New draft substituted, see H5562); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5527
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation
- Status: second reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-06-22
- Last action: 2026-07-08, New draft substituted, see H5562
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (44 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 Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-06 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.5527 “An Act relative to Massachusetts winning global investment, talent, and innovation” as amended | pass | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Yes to be Ingrossed as it is Written | pass | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-06-22 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable Redraft | pass | 12 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-07-08: New draft substituted, see H5562 (House)
- 2026-07-08: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House)
- 2026-07-08: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-07-08: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-07-06: Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-07-06: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H5562 (House)
- 2026-07-02: Committee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-06-22: Hearing scheduled for 07/02/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-06-22: Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (House)
- 2026-06-22: New draft of H5386 (House)
- 2026-06-22: Reported from the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5527.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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5527.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5527-194 (as of 2026-11-01).