# Massachusetts H 1024: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon Massachusetts H 1024, An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Edward R. Philips (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-19 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H1024-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 1024 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-11-19, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (16 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Daily sewage limit for Sharon parcel: cost, low. Sewage flow from the parcel cannot exceed 10,000 gallons per day. Any higher daily flow needs approval from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. This limit applies only to that Sharon parcel. - Sewer service allowed for Sharon parcel: mixed, low. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority can provide sewer service to 313 and 317 Norwood Street and 5 Edge Hill Road in Sharon, through Norwood. Service begins only after the MWRA board votes to approve, makes required findings under its 1984 law, and all needed approvals are in place from Shar… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-10-20 | committee | Committee Place in the OD with Recommended Amendment: Placed in the Orders of the Day | pass | 6 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably? | pass | 10 | 1 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-11-19: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-10: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-10: Enacted (House) - 2025-11-06: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-11-05: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-11-03: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2025-10-22: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-10-20: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Senate Rules), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-10-20: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-10-20: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment (Senate) - 2025-08-04: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-21: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-21: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-10: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-04-23: Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-19: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1024.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1024.pdf) ## Related - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H1024-194 (as of 2026-11-01).