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An Act updating the linkage exaction program in the city of Medford

Filed by Paul J. Donato  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2025.

H4252  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4875

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-07HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-07-10SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-17JointHearing scheduled for 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-07-29JointHearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-07-29JointHearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:15 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-07-29JointHearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:05 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-08-14HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-04HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-04HouseRules suspended
2025-09-04HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-22HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-09-25SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-23SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-10-30SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-03HouseEnacted
2025-11-03SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-11-10ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2025

3 of these were struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-31 13:28  ·  Ought to Pass

favorable · 11

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
2025-07-29Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

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

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.