# Massachusetts S 2625: An Act providing for the issuance of revenue bonds for the construction and reconstruction of telecommunications facilities by the city of Quincy

Massachusetts S 2625, An Act providing for the issuance of revenue bonds for the construction and reconstruction of telecommunications facilities by the city of Quincy, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by John F. Keenan (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-23 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2625
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act providing for the issuance of revenue bonds for the construction and reconstruction of telecommunications facilities by the city of Quincy
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-20
- Last action: 2025-12-23, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Quincy can issue telecom revenue bonds: benefit, low. Quincy can issue revenue bonds to build or rebuild city telecom facilities, with a two‑thirds city vote. The bonds are paid only from telecom rates and charges, not from general taxes. They do not count toward the city’s debt limit and must be paid off within 30 years; the treasurer sets other term…
- Fixed telecom access fees in Quincy: cost, low. Property owners in Quincy can sign an agreement to pay a fixed assessment to get access to a telecom service connection. The city records the agreement as a betterment, and a lien starts the day after any payment is due. The assessment can carry interest set by the treasurer or agreed by the partie…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (10)

- 2025-12-23: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-12-18: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-12-18: Enacted (House)
- 2025-12-15: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-11-13: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-11-13: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-11-13: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-10-22: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-10-20: Passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-10-20: New draft (Keenan) of S1450 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-23: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2625.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2625.pdf)

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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2625-194 (as of 2026-11-01).