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An Act relative to maintenance of private roads in the city of Gloucester

Filed by Bruce E. Tarr  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2026.

S2596  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3168

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-02SenateReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-09-04HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-23JointHearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-11-13SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-09SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-09SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-11HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-09HouseRules suspended
2026-03-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-28HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-29HouseEnacted
2026-04-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-08ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-11-10 11:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

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
2025-09-23Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.