# Massachusetts H 2250: An Act dissolving the Whately Water District Massachusetts H 2250, An Act dissolving the Whately Water District, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-25 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2250-194 - 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 2250 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act dissolving the Whately Water District - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2026-07-25, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsors: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (171 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Reimbursement for former Whately water customers: benefit, low. The district board can sell any district property. Money from those sales must reimburse customers who left the district’s wells and connected to Town of Whately water. If you were on the district’s wells and are now on town water, you can get a one-time payment for your connection costs. The law d… - Whately Water District dissolves after sale: mixed, low. The Whately Water District and its board are dissolved. Commissioners’ terms end on that date. This only happens after the district sells all real estate and distributes the sale money as reimbursements under this law. Until then, the board stays in place to finish the sale and payments. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-15 | House | Enacted | pass | 153 | 0 | | | 2026-07-08 | committee | Committee Place in OD: Placed in the Orders of the Day | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable with Changes: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-07-25: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-16: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-16: Enacted -see Roll Call #207 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-07-15: Enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 232) (House) - 2026-07-13: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-07-13: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-07-13: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-09-11: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate) - 2025-09-08: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-31: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-31: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-31: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-16: Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-05-05: Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-25: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2250.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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2250.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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [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 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-H2250-194 (as of 2026-11-01).