An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes
Filed by Joan Meschino · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
H5504 · Bill · docket HD6215
11 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2026-06-08 | House | Referred to the committee on House Rules |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation |
| 2026-06-11 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2026-07-09 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only |
| 2026-07-20 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5640 |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 2026-07-31 | House | New draft substituted, see H5640 |
1 amendments filed
1 adopted
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| House 1 | An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes | House Committee on Ways and Means | Adopted |
2 committee votes
Transportation (J) · 2026-07-15 17:00 · Favorable
Ways and Means (H) · 2026-07-31 18:10 · H.5504 “An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain parcels of land in the town of Hingham for highway purposes” as amended
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.
| Date | Committee | Where | Status |
|---|
| 2026-07-14 | Transportation (J) | Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, Boston | Completed |
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.