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MA H 5616

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An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes

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

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Did MA H 5616 pass?

Yes. MA H 5616 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-06): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026

What is MA H 5616 about?

MA H 5616 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes”.

Who sponsors MA H 5616?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 5616, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-08-06 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026
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Sponsors

  • House Committee on Ways and Meansprimary
  • Richard M. Haggertycosponsor
  • Kenneth I. Gordoncosponsor
  • Michelle L. Ciccolocosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-08-06

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026

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  2. 2026-07-30

    Laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-07-30

    Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

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  4. 2026-07-30

    Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )

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  5. 2026-07-30

    Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )

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  6. 2026-07-30

    Emergency preamble adopted

  7. 2026-07-30

    Emergency preamble adopted

  8. 2026-07-30

    Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

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  9. 2026-07-29

    Passed to be engrossed

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  10. 2026-07-29

    Amendment 1 adopted

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  11. 2026-07-29

    Consolidated with S3229

  12. 2026-07-29

    Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted

  13. 2026-07-29

    Read third

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  14. 2026-07-29

    Rules suspended

  15. 2026-07-29

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. 2026-07-29

    New draft of H5541

  17. 2026-07-29

    Pending new draft of H5541

  18. 2026-07-29

    Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5616

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