# Massachusetts H 5639: An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its enabling legislation for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes Massachusetts H 5639, An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its enabling legislation for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2026-08-07 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5639-194 - 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 5639 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its enabling legislation for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-07-31 - Last action: 2026-08-07, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: House Ways and Means - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (151 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Nantucket can transfer conservation parcel to Land Bank: benefit, low. The law lets the conservation commission convey 35 Grove Lane to the select board, even if other laws would limit such transfers. The parcel is Lot 5 on Plan File 8-A (deed Book 164, Page 228; map 71, parcel 342). The select board may then transfer part or all of it to the Nantucket Islands Land Ba… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-31 | House | Enacted | pass | 151 | 0 | | ## Actions (11) - 2026-08-07: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-31: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Enacted -see Roll Call #231 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 263) (House) - 2026-07-31: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-07-31: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-07-31: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-07-31: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-07-31: New draft of H4523 (House) - 2026-07-31: Pending new draft of H4523 (House) - 2026-07-31: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-08-07: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5639.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 - [Chapter 181 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5639.pdf) ## Related - [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 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) - [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-H5639-194 (as of 2026-11-01).