# Massachusetts H 4314: An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living Massachusetts H 4314, An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joan Meschino (Democratic), Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-02-06 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4314-194 - 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 4314 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-07-23 - Last action: 2026-02-06, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsors: Joan Meschino (Democratic), Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (164 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Law sets site for Hingham Active Living Center: benefit, low. The law changes about 5.387 acres on Assessor’s Map 77, Lot 1, off Bare Cove Park Drive, from recreation use to be the site of the Hingham Center for Active Living and related uses. It replaces that land by moving about 6.847 acres at 200 High Street from the school committee to the conservation co… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joan Meschino (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-01-28 | House | Enacted | pass | 154 | 0 | | | 2025-08-25 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 10 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-02-06: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-01-29: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Enacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119) (House) - 2025-12-18: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-12-18: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-11-05: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-10-14: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-10-14: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-10-14: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading (House) - 2025-09-08: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-08-14: Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature) - 2025-07-24: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-07-23: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-02-06: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4314.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 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) ## Sources - [Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4314.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 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) - [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-H4314-194 (as of 2026-11-01).