# Massachusetts S 2895: An Act further regulating the amendment of a conservation restriction in the town of Hanson

Massachusetts S 2895, An Act further regulating the amendment of a conservation restriction in the town of Hanson, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-17 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 144 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2895
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act further regulating the amendment of a conservation restriction in the town of Hanson
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-22
- Last action: 2026-07-17, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 144 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Hanson shifts two parcels to conservation: benefit, low. The law transfers two town land parcels from the board of selectmen to the Hanson Conservation Commission. One parcel is 25.403 acres (assessors’ map 49, parcel 1-1A). The other is 3,922 square feet (assessors’ map 105, parcel 6). The commission manages them for wildlife, recreation, and forestry.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Actions (13)

- 2026-07-17: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 144 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-07-13: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-07-13: Enacted (House)
- 2026-07-09: Senate concurred in the House amendment (Senate)
- 2026-07-09: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read third, amended, and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-01-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-01-23: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-01-23: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-24: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-22: Passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-12-22: New draft (Brady) for S1425 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chapter 144 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-17: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2895.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 144 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2895.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-S2895-194 (as of 2026-11-01).