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An Act authorizing the town of Dighton to use a portion of conservation land for public way purposes.

Reported by Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 166 of the Acts of 2026.

S3052  ·  Bill

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-04-13SenateReported from the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2026-04-13SenateNew draft of S2961
2026-04-13SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-05-07SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-16SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-07-16SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-20HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-07-22HouseRules suspended
2026-07-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-27HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-29HouseEnacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 237)
2026-07-30SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #218 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2026-07-30SenateLaid before the Governor
2026-08-05ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 166 of the Acts of 2026

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-07-30SenateNo. 218Enacted -see Roll Call #218 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)39–0

1 committee vote

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2026-04-10 12:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 6

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
RedraftEnvironment and Natural Resources (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.