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An Act dissolving the Whately Water District

Filed by Natalie M. Blais  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026.

H2250  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2717

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-05JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-07-16HouseBill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-31HouseRules suspended
2025-07-31HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-08HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-09-11SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-07-13SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-13SenateRules suspended
2026-07-13SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-15HouseEnacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 232)
2026-07-16SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #207 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2026-07-16SenateLaid before the Governor
2026-07-25ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 2026

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-07-15 14:47HouseNo. 232, changed On Enactment Land Taking153–0
2026-07-16SenateNo. 207Enacted -see Roll Call #207 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)39–0

2 committee votes

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-02 10:38  ·  Ought to Pass

favorable · 11

Rules (S)  ·  2026-07-08 17:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 7

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-13Municipalities and Regional Government (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with ChangesMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODRules (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.