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An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities

Filed by Kelly A. Dooner  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2026.

S2652  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3289

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-16SenateReferred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2025-10-20HouseHouse concurred
2025-11-03JointHearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-11-04JointHearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-12-04SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-02SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-02SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-05HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-02-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-09HouseRules suspended
2026-02-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-04HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-07HouseEnacted
2026-05-07SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-14ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)  ·  2025-11-25 15:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-11-13Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTelecommunications, Utilities and Energy (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.