An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were acquired by the town for Article XCVII purposes

Filed by Barry R. Finegold · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 164 of the Acts of 2026.

S3230 · Bill · docket SD4031

25 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2026-07-01	Senate	Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2026-07-22	Senate	Rules suspended
2026-07-22	Senate	Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2026-07-29	House	House concurred
2026-07-29	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/30/2026 from 04:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-07-30	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 07/30/2026 from 04:00 PM-04:10 AM in A-1 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-07-30	Joint	Hearing rescheduled to 07/30/2026 from 04:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-07-30	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee
2026-07-30	Senate	Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-30	House	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-31	House	Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5635, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-31	House	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-07-31	House	Rules suspended
2026-07-31	House	Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-31	House	Ordered to a third reading
2026-07-31	House	Rules suspended
2026-07-31	House	Read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-31	Senate	Rules suspended
2026-07-31	Senate	Senate concurred in the House amendment
2026-07-31	House	Emergency preamble adopted
2026-07-31	Senate	Emergency preamble adopted
2026-07-31	House	Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 269)
2026-07-31	Senate	Enacted -see Roll Call #237 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2026-07-31	Senate	Laid before the Governor
2026-08-05	Executive	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 164 of the Acts of 2026

1 recorded vote

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2026-07-31	Senate	No. 237	Enacted -see Roll Call #237 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)	39–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
House 1	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover	House Committee on Ways and Means	Adopted

2 committee votes

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J) · 2026-07-30 17:30 · Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Ways and Means (H) · 2026-07-31 18:10 · S.3230 “An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire interests in certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were acquired by the town for Article XCVII purposes” as amended

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.

Date	Committee	Where	Status
2026-07-30	State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)	A-1, 24 Beacon Street, Boston	Completed

Committee actions

Action	Committee
Suspend Rules	Rules (J)
Favorable	State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (J)
Favorable with Amendment	Ways and Means (H)
Place in OD	Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly Drawn	Bills in the Third Reading (H)

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.