All Roll Calls
Yes: 36 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Joan Meschino (Democratic), Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican)
Second Reading
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Joan Meschino
Democratic • House
Patrick M. O'Connor
Republican • Senate
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
All Roll Calls
Yes: 36 • No: 0
committee vote • 7/31/2026
Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.5504 “An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes” as amended
Yes: 23 • No: 0
committee vote • 7/15/2026
Committee Favorable: Favorable
Yes: 13 • No: 0
New draft substituted, see H5640
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
Rules suspended
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5640
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
Senate concurred
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation
Referred to the committee on House Rules
As Filed
H 5435, An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey
H 4585, An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements
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 of Shrewsbury
H 5429, An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale
H 4755, An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury
H 3909, An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions