# Massachusetts H 5400: An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes

Massachusetts H 5400, An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic), Richard M. Haggerty (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-06-29 (Accompanied a new draft, see H5541) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5400
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-21
- Last action: 2026-06-29, Accompanied a new draft, see H5541
- Sponsors: Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic), Richard M. Haggerty (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kenneth I. Gordon (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Richard M. Haggerty (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle L. Ciccolo (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-06-29: Accompanied a new draft, see H5541 (House)
- 2026-05-28: Hearing rescheduled to 05/28/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:50 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-05-07: Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-04-30: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-04-21: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5400.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
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5400.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5400-194 (as of 2026-11-01).