# Massachusetts H 2251: An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway Massachusetts H 2251, An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-10 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2251-194 - 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 2251 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-11-10, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsors: Natalie M. Blais (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Scholarships for Conway graduating seniors: mixed, low. After paying festival costs, the committee can use the remaining net balance for scholarships. Awards go to graduating high school seniors who live in Conway, to further education or training. The committee decides who gets help and how much. Money from local appropriations cannot be used for schol… - Conway festival fund and spending rules: mixed, low. The town can set up a special fund for Festival of the Hills money. It can hold festival receipts, state or federal grants, and local appropriations. Any money left at year-end stays in the fund for future use. The interest the fund earns goes to the town’s general fund, not the festival fund. The… ## 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-11-10: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-03: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-03: Enacted (House) - 2025-10-30: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-10-16: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-08-25: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-08-21: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-23: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-23: 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) - 2025-05-05: 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 56 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-10: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2251.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - 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 56 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2251.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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-H2251-194 (as of 2026-11-01).