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MA H 1053

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An Act to create a Merrimack River Collaborative

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Description

By Representative Shand of Newburyport and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1053) of Dawne Shand, Bruce E. Tarr and Francisco E. Paulino for legislation to create a Merrimack River Collaborative to monitor, improve, and restore water quality. Environment and Natural Resources.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2025-10-09 — Accompanied a new draft, see H4591
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Dawne Shandcosponsor
  • Bruce E. Tarrcosponsor
  • Francisco E. Paulinocosponsor
  • Patrick Joseph Kearneycosponsor
  • Adrianne Pusateri Ramoscosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-27

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-06-23

    Hearing scheduled for 07/01/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-10-09

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4591

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Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1053

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