Massachusetts Senate Engrosses Economic Development Bill After Marathon Amendment Session

Sessions-Senate · Meeting of July 23, 2026

BOSTON — Massachusetts Senate engrosses major economic development bill after clearing nearly 600 amendments in one session. The Senate voted unanimously to pass House Bill 5576 to engrossment late Wednesday, adopting amendments spanning hybrid public meeting permanency, a ticket resale cap set at 110 percent of face value, a five-city Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act pilot, a $10 million Seasonal Communities Housing Fund, and a labor-union trigger law protecting roughly 200,000 Massachusetts workers if the National Labor Relations Act is dismantled federally. Senator Dylan A.

Fernandes cited Noah Kahn tickets relisted on StubHub for between $939 and $39,000 — against a $400 maximum face value — in arguing for the scalping cap. Senator Rebecca L. Rausch's Amendment 296, adding sex and gender to the state hate crimes statute, passed unanimously, as did Senator Peter J.

Durant's amendment creating an administrative fund structure for the crumbling concrete crisis affecting 51 to 53 towns, though no money has yet been appropriated into it.

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Source: the Sessions-Senate meeting of July 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.