# Massachusetts H 4992: An Act authorizing the Barnstable county and the town of Bourne to convey certain parcels of land and certain interests in land in the town of Bourne Massachusetts H 4992, An Act authorizing the Barnstable county and the town of Bourne to convey certain parcels of land and certain interests in land in the town of Bourne, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2026-08-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 175 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4992-194 - 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 4992 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the Barnstable county and the town of Bourne to convey certain parcels of land and certain interests in land in the town of Bourne - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-27 - Last action: 2026-08-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 175 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, Senate Rules - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (165 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Bourne takes senior housing land under restrictions: benefit, low. The law lets Barnstable County transfer two parcels at 0 County Road and 100 Dr. Julius Kelley Lane to the town of Bourne. The land serves an assisted living senior residence and stays under a conservation restriction (Document #978,790). The transfer also keeps a Cape Cod Commission approval from… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsor: David T. Vieira (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-30 | House | Enacted | pass | 158 | 0 | | | 2026-07-28 | committee | Committee Place in OD: Placed in the Orders of the Day | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2026-08-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 175 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-30: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Enacted -see Roll Call #222 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-07-30: Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 248) (House) - 2026-07-29: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-07-29: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-07-29: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-01-28: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-01-28: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-01-28: New draft of H2351 (House) - 2026-01-27: Pending new draft of H2351 (House) - 2026-01-27: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 175 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-08-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4992.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 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 175 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4992.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 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-H4992-194 (as of 2026-11-01).