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MA H 4314

enacted

An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living

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

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Did MA H 4314 pass?

Yes. MA H 4314 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-06): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026

What is MA H 4314 about?

By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4314) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Description

By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4314) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-06 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Joan Meschinocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-06

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026

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  2. 2026-01-29

    Laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-01-29

    Enacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)

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  4. 2026-01-28

    Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119 )

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  5. 2025-12-18

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

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  6. 2025-12-18

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2025-11-19

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  8. 2025-11-06

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  9. 2025-11-05

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  10. 2025-10-14

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  11. 2025-10-14

    Rules suspended

  12. 2025-10-14

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading

  13. 2025-09-08

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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  14. 2025-08-14

    Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  15. 2025-07-24

    Senate concurred

  16. 2025-07-23

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • H. 4314 On Enactment Land Taking

    2026-01-28 · pass · 154-0

    Member-level votes (158)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran, M.: yes
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran, F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: yes
    • Cataldo: yes
    • Chan: yes
    • Ciccolo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Consalvo: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Cusack: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Day: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Diggs: yes
    • Domb: yes
    • Donaghue: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • DuBois: yes
    • Duffy: not voting
    • Elliott: yes
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Moakley: yes
    • Montaño *: yes
    • Moran, J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: yes
    • Philips: yes
    • Higgins: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Robertson: yes
    • Rogers, D.: not voting
    • Rogers, J.: not voting
    • Roy: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Scarsdale: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Madaro: not voting
    • Sena: yes
    • Shand: yes
    • Silvia, A.: yes
    • Sousa: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Boldyga: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Howitt: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: yes
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: yes
    • Thurber: yes
    • Vaughn: yes
    • Wong: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes
  • Passing it to be enacted

    2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0

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