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An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to NSTAR electric company d/b/a Eversource Energy in return for NSTAR releasing or modifying easements for the benefit of the Commonwealth

Filed by Sal N. DiDomenico  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2922  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3228

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-29SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2025-11-24SenateRules suspended
2025-11-24SenateReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2026-01-20HouseHouse concurred
2026-02-02JointHearing scheduled for 02/12/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-04-16SenateAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S3058
2026-04-21SenateDischarged from committee and recommitted to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2026-04-23SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-07-16SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3180
2026-07-16SenateRules suspended
2026-07-16SenateRead second
2026-07-16SenateNew draft substituted, see S3180

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to NSTAR electric company d/b/a Eversource Energy in return for NSTAR releasing or modifying easements for the benefit of the CommonwealthSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)  ·  2026-04-22 16:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

no action · 1

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-07-16 11:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 15

reserve right · 1

no action · 2

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
2026-02-12State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (J)
AccompaniedState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Discharge to Another CommitteeRules (S)
FavorableState Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.