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An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to convey easements over certain parcels of land

Filed by Dylan A. Fernandes  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 186 of the Acts of 2026.

S3236  ·  Bill

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-07-30SenateNew draft (Fernandes) of S3189
2026-07-30SenateOrdered to a third reading
2026-07-30SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-30HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-07-31HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5637, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
2026-07-31HouseRules suspended
2026-07-31HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-07-31HouseOrdered to a third reading
2026-07-31HouseRules suspended
2026-07-31HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-31SenateRules suspended
2026-07-31SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2026-07-31HouseEnacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 267)
2026-07-31SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #235 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
2026-07-31SenateLaid before the Governor
2026-08-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 186 of the Acts of 2026

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-07-31SenateNo. 235Enacted -see Roll Call #235 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)39–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act authorizing the department of fish and game to convey easements over certain parcels of land in the town of Bourne. Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith, authorization for the department of fish and game to convey easements over certain parcels of land in the town of Bourne, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. House Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-07-31 18:10  ·  S.3236 “An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game to convey easements over certain parcels of land” as amended

favorable · 23

no action · 11

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.