Massachusetts · Bill 129 · 194th General Court

An Act relative to the healthy incentives program

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 27, 2025
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Representatives Jones of North Reading and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 129) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Hannah Kane and others relative to establishing a healthy incentives program for the purpose of ensuring the needs of SNAP recipients and farmers. Agriculture.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Agriculture · Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeReferred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Agriculture and Fisheries · Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
  4. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in B-1 · Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
  5. CommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means · House Committee on Ways and Means

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Nov 5, 2025 Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Committee report: Favorable (Shall the bill be reported favorably?)
Members

Yes · 11

11–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats.

All 6 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.