# Massachusetts H 3932: An Act relative to certain affordable housing and branch library space in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston

Massachusetts H 3932, An Act relative to certain affordable housing and branch library space in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Christopher J. Worrell (Democratic); status second reading, last action 2025-09-17 (New draft substituted, see H4532) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3932
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to certain affordable housing and branch library space in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston
- Status: second reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-20
- Last action: 2025-09-17, New draft substituted, see H4532
- Sponsor: Christopher J. Worrell (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (39 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christopher J. Worrell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-16 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.3932 “An Act relative to certain affordable housing and branch library space in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston” as amended | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-08-01 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass - by substitution of a New Draft | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2025-09-17: New draft substituted, see H4532 (House)
- 2025-09-17: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House)
- 2025-09-17: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-09-17: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending (House)
- 2025-09-17: Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending (House)
- 2025-09-17: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4532 (House)
- 2025-08-18: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-05-30: Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium (legislature)
- 2025-04-10: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3932.pdf)

## Related bills

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- 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3932.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3932-194 (as of 2026-11-01).