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An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches

Filed by Kenneth P. Sweezey  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5140  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5291

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-03HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2026-02-09HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2026-02-19SenateSenate concurred
2026-02-24JointHearing scheduled for 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222
2026-03-04JointHearing rescheduled to 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 AM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-16HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-16HouseRules suspended
2026-04-16HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2026-03-16 15:19  ·  Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably?

favorable · 10

reserve right · 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
2026-03-04Environment and Natural Resources (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
FavorableEnvironment and Natural Resources (J)
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.