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An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District

Filed by Paul McMurtry  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2026.

H2917  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD3968

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-08JointHearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-08-25HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-18HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-18HouseRules suspended
2025-09-18HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-05HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-30SenateRead, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-04HouseEnacted
2026-05-04SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-08-08 16:23  ·  Public Service Matters

favorable · 10

no action · 1

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
2025-05-12Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.