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An Act to streamline permitting for rail electrification

Filed by Brendan P. Crighton  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S561  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2439

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-04-17SenateDischarged to the committee on Transportation
2025-04-22HouseHouse concurred
2025-08-25JointHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-2
2026-02-19SenateReporting date extended to Tuesday March 31, 2026
2026-04-02SenateAccompanied a new draft, see S3036

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-16Transportation (J)B-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeEnvironment and Natural Resources (J)
AccompaniedTransportation (J)

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.