HB 1760 — repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.
Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 184-153 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 82
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1Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced December 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
Advancing
38% · moderate confidence
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Introduced
Current position in the legislative process.
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12 sponsors
1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 1 recorded vote so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 184-153 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 82
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Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Weber): MA DV 304-40 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 82
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Special Order to next order of business (Rep. Telerski): MF DV 148-181 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 179
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Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
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Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/04/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 90
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Executive Session: 03/04/2026 09:00 am GP 158
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Public Hearing: 02/18/2026 09:00 am GP 158
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Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 34
Sponsors
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka · Cosponsor
- Suzanne Prentiss · Cosponsor
- Cindy Rosenwald · Cosponsor
- Matthew Wilhelm · Cosponsor
- Laura Telerski · Primary
- Jerry Stringham · Cosponsor
- Kris Schultz · Cosponsor
- David Preece · Cosponsor
- Alexis Simpson · Cosponsor
- Lucy Weber · Cosponsor
- Mary Jane Wallner · Cosponsor
- Christal Lloyd · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 403 not signed on · 137 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Laura Telerski Democrat Voted No
Co-sponsors (11)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
- Suzanne Prentiss Democrat
- Cindy Rosenwald Democrat
- Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Voted No
- Jerry Stringham Democrat Voted No
- Kris Schultz Democrat Voted No
- David Preece Democrat Voted No
- Alexis Simpson Democrat Voted No
- Lucy Weber Democrat Voted No
- Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Voted No
- Christal Lloyd Democrat Voted No
Not signed on (403)
403 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 403 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
184 Yea
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153 Nay
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51 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 175 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Democrat | 1 | 146 | 0 | 19 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 182 | 148 | 0 | 51 |
| % of votes cast | 48% | 39% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (381)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Susan C DeLemus | — | Yea |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | — | Yea |
| Kimberly A Rice | — | Not Voting |
| Lisa M Freeman | — | Yea |
| Paul P Dargie | — | Nay |
| Patrick N Long | — | Nay |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Yea |
| Gary L. Daniels | — | Yea |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Yea |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Nay |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Nay |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Nay |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Nay |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Nay |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Nay |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Nay |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Nay |
| John Stone | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Nay |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Nay |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Myles England | Democrat | Nay |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Nay |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Nay |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Nay |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Nay |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Nay |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Nay |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Yea |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Yea |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Yea |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Not Voting |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Not Voting |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Yea |
| George Grant | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Yea |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Yea |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Summers | Republican | Yea |
| James Thibault | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| John Hunt | Republican | Yea |
| John Janigian | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Suiter | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Yea |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Yea |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Yea |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Yea |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Not Voting |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Yea |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Yea |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Not Voting |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Yea |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Not Voting |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Yea |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Yea |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Yea |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 1760 do?
- repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the state Medicaid plan and making an appropriation therefor.
- Who sponsors HB 1760?
- HB 1760 is sponsored by Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Suzanne Prentiss (Democrat), Cindy Rosenwald (Democrat), Matthew Wilhelm (Democrat), Laura Telerski (Democrat), Jerry Stringham (Democrat), Kris Schultz (Democrat), David Preece (Democrat), Alexis Simpson (Democrat), Lucy Weber (Democrat), Mary Jane Wallner (Democrat), and Christal Lloyd (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 1760?
- This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced December 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
- Where can I track HB 1760?
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