Massachusetts H 5631 — An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer

Massachusetts, 194th. H 5631: An Act mandating access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plans or programs provided by the public employer

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Latest action

October 15, 2026 — Read third and passed to be engrossed

Summary

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Sponsors

• House Committee on Ways and Means — primary sponsor
• John J. Lawn, Jr.
• William F. MacGregor
• Francisco E. Paulino
• Marcus S. Vaughn
• John J. Marsi
• Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
• Steven George Xiarhos
• David F. DeCoste
• Paul K. Frost
• Paul McMurtry
• Patrick Joseph Kearney
• Dennis C. Gallagher
• Rodney M. Elliott
• Michael J. Soter
• Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.
• Brian W. Murray
• Joseph D. McKenna
• Steven Ultrino
• Kimberly N. Ferguson
• Mark D. Sylvia
• Danillo A. Sena
• Hannah Kane
• Erika Uyterhoeven
• Sean Reid
• Christine P. Barber
• Michael D. Brady
• Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.
• Samantha Montaño
• Jacob R. Oliveira
• James K. Hawkins
• Daniel Cahill
• James C. Arena-DeRosa
• Margaret R. Scarsdale
• Carmine Lawrence Gentile
• Carlos González
• Priscila S. Sousa
• James Arciero
• Natalie M. Higgins
• Bruce E. Tarr
• Richard G. Wells, Jr.
• Adrian C. Madaro
• Antonio F. D. Cabral
• Steven S. Howitt
• Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
• Jonathan D. Zlotnik
• Bridget Plouffe
• Kenneth P. Sweezey
• Michelle L. Badger
• Kristin E. Kassner
• Mindy Domb
• Thomas M. Stanley
• Nick Collins
• Christopher Richard Flanagan
• Paul J. Donato
• Christopher Hendricks
• Tara T. Hong
• Donald H. Wong
• Colleen M. Garry
• David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
• Thomas W. Moakley
• Sean Garballey
• Tackey Chan
• Kathleen R. LaNatra
• Amy Mah Sangiolo
• John R. Gaskey
• Vanna Howard
• Estela A. Reyes
• Ryan M. Hamilton

Bill text

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Recorded votes

No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.

Legislative history

1. October 15, 2026Read third and passed to be engrossed
2. October 15, 2026Ordered to a third reading
3. October 15, 2026Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3284
4. October 15, 2026Read second
5. October 15, 2026Rules suspended
6. October 15, 2026Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3284
7. August 4, 2026Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
8. July 31, 2026Passed to be engrossed - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 256 )
9. July 31, 2026Read third
10. July 31, 2026Rules suspended
11. July 31, 2026Ordered to a third reading
12. July 31, 2026New draft of H4946
13. July 31, 2026Pending new draft of H4946
14. July 31, 2026Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

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