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An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living

Filed by Joan Meschino  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026.

H4314  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4948

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-23HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-07-24SenateSenate concurred
2025-08-14JointHearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-09-08HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-14HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2025-10-14HouseRules suspended
2025-10-14HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-05HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-06SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-19SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-18SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-18SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-28HouseEnacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119)
2026-01-29SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
2026-01-29SenateLaid before the Governor
2026-02-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-01-28 15:27HouseNo. 119On Enactment Land Taking154–0
2026-01-29SenateNo. 132Enacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)37–0

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-08-25 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

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
2025-08-14Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 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)

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.