# Massachusetts H 4139: An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation

Massachusetts H 4139, An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-09-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4139
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-12
- Last action: 2025-09-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsors: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), Cynthia Stone Creem (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: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Wellesley housing assets move to town trust: benefit, low. The law shifts all property and money from the Wellesley Housing Development Corporation to the town’s Affordable Housing Trust. The Trust manages, sells, or spends these assets under state law and any Wellesley by-laws. The 1998 law that created the Housing Development Corporation is repealed, so…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (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 (14)

- 2025-09-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-08-28: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-08-28: Enacted (House)
- 2025-08-25: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-08-25: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-08-07: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-08-04: 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)
- 2025-07-14: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-06-03: Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-05-15: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-09-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4139.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4139.pdf)

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