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MassachusettsH 5541194th General Court (2025-2026)House

An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on Transportation

In Committee

TransportationHouse Ways and MeansHouse Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

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Bill Overview

No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Committee on Transportation

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

  • Kenneth I. Gordon

    Democratic • House

  • Michelle L. Ciccolo

    Democratic • House

  • Richard M. Haggerty

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 43 • No: 0

committee vote • 7/28/2026

Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.5541“An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston” as amended

Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 2

committee vote • 6/25/2026

Committee Redraft: Redraft

Yes: 11 • No: 0 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. New draft substituted, see H5616

    7/29/2026House

  2. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

    7/29/2026House

  3. Rules suspended

    7/29/2026House

  4. 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

    7/29/2026House

  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

    7/29/2026House

  6. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5616

    7/29/2026House

  7. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

    6/29/2026House

  8. New draft of H5400

    6/29/2026House

  9. Reported from the committee on Transportation

    6/29/2026House

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