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An Act dedicating certain park and field space in the South Boston section of the city of Boston

Filed by David Biele  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 151 of the Acts of 2026.

H899  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4211

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-04-01JointHearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-07-16HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-08-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-08-11HouseRules suspended
2025-08-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-14HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-16SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-07-16SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-16SenateRules suspended
2026-07-16SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-16SenateRead third (title changed)
2026-07-16SenateBills in the Third Reading report (consolidated with S545) accepted
2026-07-16SenatePassed to be engrossed
2026-07-20HouseEnacted
2026-07-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-28ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 151 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

2 committee votes

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2025-07-02 13:23  ·  Should the Committee report the following bill out favorably?

favorable · 11

Rules (S)  ·  2026-07-15 16:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 6

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
2025-04-08Environment and Natural Resources (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableEnvironment and Natural Resources (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODRules (S)
BTR ReportBills in the Third Reading (S)

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.