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An Act requiring local approval for battery storage facility permitting

Filed by Kelly W. Pease  ·  16 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4685  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4557

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-24HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2025-10-23HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-10-30SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-17JointHearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-02-17HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
HouseReported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
2026-04-13HouseAccompanied a study order, see H5353 (under House Rule 27)

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-11-17Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
AccompaniedMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)

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.