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H498 • 2025

An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion

An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion

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Sponsor
Margaret R. Scarsdale
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5252 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion

An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion By Representative Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion By Representative Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 498) of Margaret R.
  • Scarsdale, Natalie M.
  • Blais and Lindsay N.

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  • 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. 2026-03-19 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5252 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-05-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/05/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act to support rural job creation and business expansion
By Representative Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 498) of Margaret R. Scarsdale, Natalie M. Blais and Lindsay N. Sabadosa that the Secretary of Economic Development establish a rural development initiative to support rural job creation and business expansion. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

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Bill H.498

Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection in Section 16G:-

(o) The secretary of economic development shall, in consultation with the Rural Policy Advisory Commission, establish a rural development initiative to be administered by the executive office through a contract with the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency established by section 2 of chapter 23G. The initiative will provide technical assistance to identify and implement strategies that will spur direct investment in rural communities to create jobs and expand businesses, identify cross-sector partnerships, accelerate the engagement of community members in actionable planning, and implement local economic development initiatives.

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