MA H 5616

enacted

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)

Quick answers

Did MA H 5616 pass?

Yes. MA H 5616 has been enacted into law as of 2026-08-06. 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: —
Latest action: 2026-08-06 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-07-29
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-29
Pending new draft of H5541
2026-07-29
New draft of H5541
2026-07-29
Ordered to a third reading
2026-07-29
Rules suspended
2026-07-29
Read third
reading-3
2026-07-29
Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
2026-07-29
Consolidated with S3229
2026-07-29
Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-07-29
Passed to be engrossed
passage
2026-07-30
Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-07-30
Emergency preamble adopted
2026-07-30
Emergency preamble adopted
2026-07-30
Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )
passage
2026-07-30
Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )
passage
2026-07-30
Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
passage
2026-07-30
Laid before the Governor
2026-08-06
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature

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Related bills

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Official source

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

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