# Massachusetts H 972: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District within the town of Lynnfield Massachusetts H 972, An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District within the town of Lynnfield, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H972-194 - 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 972 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District within the town of Lynnfield - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-08-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsors: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State water authority service for Lynnfield Center: mixed, low. The law lets the state water authority supply the Lynnfield Center Water District in Lynnfield. Service starts only after the board votes to approve and makes six findings required by law. The board must also follow its policies and get other required approvals, including regulators and the advisor… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House - Sponsor: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably? | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-08-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-08-04: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-08-04: Enacted (House) - 2025-08-04: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-08-04: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-08-04: Senate concurred in the House amendment (Senate) - 2025-08-04: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-08-04: Amendment adopted (House) - 2025-08-04: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-31: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-07-21: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-07-14: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-10: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-10: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-10: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-07: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-05-21: Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-08-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H972.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 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H972.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [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-H972-194 (as of 2026-11-01).