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An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket islands land bank for the purposes pursuant to its legislation and/or to the Sconset Trust, Inc. For open space, conservation and passive recreation purposes

Filed by Thomas W. Moakley  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4523  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5111

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-15HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-09-18SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-23JointHearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-10-14HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-31HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H5639
2026-07-31HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-07-31HouseRules suspended
2026-07-31HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-31HouseNew draft substituted, see H5639

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket under the care, custody, management and control of the select board and the town of Nantucket to convey certain land in the town of Nantucket held for open space, passive recreation or conservation purposes to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank for the purposes pursuant to its enabling legislation for open space, conservation and passive recreation purposesHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-10-02 14:00  ·  ought to pass

favorable · 11

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-07-31 18:10  ·  H.4523 “An Act authorizing the town of Nantucket conservation commission to convey a certain parcel of land situated in the town for purposes of conveyance to the town of Nantucket" as amended

favorable · 23

no action · 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
2025-09-23Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.