An Act authorizing the grant of easements in or takings of certain parcels of land to the city of Boston
Filed by Kevin G. Honan · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
Became Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2026.
H5317 · Bill · docket HD5977
18 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2026-03-26 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2026-03-27 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222 |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-04-15 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-04-15 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-04-30 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-04-30 | Senate | Read third (title changed) |
| 2026-04-30 | Senate | Bills in the Third Reading report (consolidated with S3033) accepted |
| 2026-04-30 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-05-20 | House | Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 196) |
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | Enacted -see Roll Call #175 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) |
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
| 2026-05-28 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2026 |
2 recorded votes
| When | Chamber | Roll call | Question | Tally |
|---|
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | No. 175 | Enacted -see Roll Call #175 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) | 39–0 |
| 2026-05-20 15:10 | House | No. 196 | On Enactment Land Taking | 156–0 |
1 committee vote
Municipalities and Regional Government (J) · 2026-04-09 14:00 · ought to pass
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
Public hearing
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Committee actions
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.