HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1286        FILED ON: 1/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1651

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/14/2025

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/5/2025

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/5/2025

Estela A. Reyes

4th Essex

5/28/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1286        FILED ON: 1/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1651

By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1651) of Marjorie C. Decker, Mike Connolly and Patricia D. Jehlen that the executive office of the Trial Court relocate the Cambridge district court from the city of Medford to the city of Cambridge.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the court administrator of the executive office of the trial court shall, not later than December 31, 2025, relocate the Cambridge district court, also known as the third district court of eastern Middlesex, from the city of Medford, where it has been located since 2009 in contravention of section 1 of chapter 218, to the city of Cambridge.

SECTION 2. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the executive office of the trial court shall issue a report on the timeline for relocating the Cambridge district court.