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MA H4649
Bill
Status
Introduced
10/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joint Committee on Transportation
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AI Summary
- Establishes a special commission to study existing and emerging micro-transit services in Massachusetts, including benchmarking different operating models run by regional transit authorities and other entities
- Commission will assess funding sources, limitations, and outstanding needs for micro-transit services statewide, and define micro-transit for purposes of state funding eligibility
- Commission will estimate annual state funding needed to support micro-transit and propose a mechanism for reassessing funding estimates over time
- Membership includes 13 members: House and Senate transportation committee chairs (serving as co-chairs), 2 regional transit authority representatives, MassDOT rail and transit administrator, and representatives from non-RTA micro-transit operators, advocacy groups, councils on aging, municipalities, MassHire, and regional planning agencies
- Final report with recommendations due within 3 months of the act taking effect, to be filed with legislative clerks, Ways and Means committees, Joint Transportation Committee, and Secretary of Transportation
Legislative Description
Establishing a special commission on micro-transit
Last Action
Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2/5/2026
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means2/5/2026
Rules11/20/2025
Rules10/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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