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An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2025.

H4362  ·  Bill

20 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-30HouseReported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-07-30HousePending new draft of H3282
2025-07-30HouseNew draft of H3282
2025-07-30HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-07-31HouseRules suspended
2025-07-31HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-08-04SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-11-17SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723
2025-11-17SenateRules suspended
2025-11-17SenateRead second
2025-11-17SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723
2025-11-17SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-19SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-11-19SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-19HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2025-11-19HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2025-11-19HouseEnacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 115)
2025-11-19SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #115 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
2025-11-19SenateLaid before the Governor
2025-11-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2025

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-11-19SenateNo. 115Enacted -see Roll Call #115 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)37–0
2025-11-19 17:48HouseNo. 115On Enactment Land Taking156–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLCSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2025-11-13 11:30  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 16

reserve right · 2

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

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.