# Massachusetts H 5524: An Act relative to the membership of the Conservation Commission in the town of Chatham

Massachusetts H 5524, An Act relative to the membership of the Conservation Commission in the town of Chatham, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Hadley Luddy (Democratic), Julian Cyr (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-10-01 (Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5524
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the membership of the Conservation Commission in the town of Chatham
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-06-22
- Last action: 2026-10-01, Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Sponsors: Hadley Luddy (Democratic), Julian Cyr (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Hadley Luddy (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-23 | committee | Committee Favorable: ought to pass | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-10-01: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-09-28: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-08-24: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-08-24: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-08-24: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-07-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-07-22: Hearing rescheduled to 07/22/2026 from 10:00 AM-10:25 AM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-07-22: Hearing rescheduled to 07/22/2026 from 10:00 AM-10:25 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-07-10: Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-06-29: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-06-22: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-09-28: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5524.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5524.pdf)

## Related
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- [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 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5524-194 (as of 2026-11-01).