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H3509 • 2025

An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3509) of Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr., and others relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
  • Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-04-16 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-04-16 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-03-23 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  6. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  7. 2025-09-15 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3509) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to automatic re-enrollment in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3509

Section 1 of Chapter 174 of the Acts of 2022, as most recently amended by Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2023, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “benefits” the second time it appears the following: -

“When developing such portal, said agencies shall ensure that individuals and households who apply and receive fuel assistance through the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be automatically re-enrolled for such benefits for the following heating season, so long as such persons or households continue to meet the federal and state eligibility requirements, as determined by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities. For the purposes of this section, the term “heating season” shall mean the period between November 1 and April 30 of each year, unless otherwise designated by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities.”

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