HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5528 FILED ON: 1/12/2026
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5047
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John H. Rogers and Michael F. Rush
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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 authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 1/12/2026 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 1/13/2026 |
Thomas W. Moakley | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 1/13/2026 |
Paul R. Feeney | Bristol and Norfolk | 1/13/2026 |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | 1/15/2026 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 1/16/2026 |
Edward R. Philips | 8th Norfolk | 1/14/2026 |
Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk | 1/14/2026 |
Marcus S. Vaughn | 9th Norfolk | 1/14/2026 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 1/16/2026 |
Christopher Richard Flanagan | 1st Barnstable | 2/4/2026 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5528 FILED ON: 1/12/2026
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5047
By Representative Rogers of Norwood and Senator Rush, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of John H. Rogers and others that the commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance be authorized to take by eminent domain a certain parcel of land in the town of Norwood. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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 authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize and direct forthwith the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take a certain parcel of land in the town of Norwood, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 79 of the General Laws and any other general or special law to the contrary, the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall, for the purpose of ensuring access to health care for the public, take by eminent domain, pursuant to said chapter 79: (1) a certain parcel of land, commonly known as Norwood hospital, owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC located at 800 Washington street in the town of Norwood identified on the town of Norwood assessor’s map as map 2, lot 6-1 and being one of the parcels described in a deed recorded with the Norfolk county registry of deeds in book 36099, page 419; and (2) any adjacent parcels of land owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.