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An Act providing for the ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Linden Brook culverts and dams

Reported by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2026.

S2967  ·  Bill

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-26SenateReported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-02-26SenateRecommended new draft for S620
2026-02-26SenateSubstituted as a new draft for S620
2026-02-26SenateOrdered to a third reading
2026-02-26SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-02HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-06-10HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5490, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-10HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-06-10HouseRules suspended
2026-06-10HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-06-10HouseOrdered to a third reading
2026-06-11HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-02SenateRules suspended
2026-07-02SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2026-07-08HouseEnacted
2026-07-09SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-17ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act providing for the ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Linden Brook culverts and damsHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-06-09 10:45  ·  S.2967 “An Act providing for the ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Linden Brook culverts and dams” as amended

favorable · 30

reserve right · 1

no action · 3

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
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.