Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H499: An Act establishing the Abigail Adams entrepreneurial program for women
Status: Failed, March 19, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known as the Abigail Adams Entrepreneurship Act. SECTION 2. The general court hereby finds and declares that:- (i) women make up almost 50 per cent of the workforce, but less than 25 per cent of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions; (ii) women are less likely to focus on the STEM disciplines in undergraduate and graduate study; (iii) only 26 per cent of women who do attain degrees in STEM fields work in STEM jobs; (iv) there is an increasing demand for individuals with STEM degrees to extend their focus beyond the laboratory so they can be leaders in discovery commercialization; (v) studies have shown that technology and commercialization ventures are successful when women are in top management positions; and (vi) it’s vital to encourage the commonwealth’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of section 2RR of chapter 29 is hereby amended by adding the following clause:- (4) To provide grants to create and maintain more favorable small business opportunities and workplace environments for women in science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions through the Abigail Adams Center for Women in STEM established pursuant to section 6B of chapter 40J. SECTION 4. Chapter …
Sponsors
- Alan Silvia (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5252 (under House Rule 27)
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Hearing scheduled for 06/05/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
- : Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
Common questions
- What is H499?
- H499 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act establishing the Abigail Adams entrepreneurial program for women.
- What is the status of H499?
- Failed as of March 19, 2026. Latest action: Accompanied a study order, see H5252 (under House Rule 27) (March 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored H499?
- Alan Silvia (D).
- Where is the official record for H499?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H499
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