# Massachusetts H 4009: 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 4009, 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 2025-11-06 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4009-194 - 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 4009 - 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: 2025-03-31 - Last action: 2025-11-06, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: House Rules, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules - 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 - Sharon parcel owner pays hookup costs and 10,000-gallon cap: cost, high. Discharge from the parcel is capped at 10,000 gallons per day unless the Authority approves more. The owner (Lang’s Century Services or its assignee) must pay all costs to connect, including engineering, design, construction, supervision, labor, equipment, and materials. Service begins only after t… - Sewer service for Sharon parcel: mixed, low. The law lets the state water authority provide sewer service, through Walpole, to a 3.07‑acre parcel at Route 1 and High Plain Street in Sharon (Assessors Map 116, Lots 4 and 5). The parcel is under contract to Lang’s Century Services or its assignee. The parcel can be used and serviced like proper… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Edward R. Philips (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael F. Rush (Democratic), Senate ## 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 (22) - 2025-11-06: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-10-30: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-10-27: Enacted (House) - 2025-10-27: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-10-27: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-10-23: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Amendment (Senate Rules) rejected (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Motion to reconsider prevailed (Senate) - 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, amended 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) - 2025-04-10: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (House) - 2025-03-31: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-06: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4009.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 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 - [Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4009.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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [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) - [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-H4009-194 (as of 2026-11-01).