# Massachusetts H 4772: An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell. Massachusetts H 4772, An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell., is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2025-11-24 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4772-194 - 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 4772 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-11-19 - Last action: 2025-11-24, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: House Ways and Means - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (153 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lowell gets easements for drains: benefit, low. The law lets the state grant permanent easements on Department of Conservation and Recreation land in Lowell. The easements are only for building, running, accessing, repairing, replacing, patrolling, abandoning, and removing outfall pipes, and for laying main drains. They cover three parcels along… - Appraisals, payments, and oversight for easements: mixed, low. Before the conveyance, the Commissioner must complete a survey and set the exact boundaries. A qualified appraiser must do an independent appraisal. The Commissioner must send the appraisal and a report to the Inspector General, and give copies to key legislative committees at least 15 days before… - Strong rules to protect state park land: mixed, low. Easements can be used only for the drain and outfall work listed in the law. If that use stops, the rights return to the Commonwealth under the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and any later change needs legislative approval under state law. The easement holder must restore the land surfa… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tara T. Hong (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-11-19 | House | Enacted | pass | 153 | 0 | | ## Actions (13) - 2025-11-24: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-19: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Enacted -see Roll Call #114 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 116) (House) - 2025-11-19: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-11-19: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-11-19: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-11-19: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-11-19: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-11-19: New draft of H4183 (House) - 2025-11-19: Pending new draft of H4183 (House) - 2025-11-19: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-24: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4772.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed) - 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) ## Sources - [Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4772.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [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) - [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-H4772-194 (as of 2026-11-01).