An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- House Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the commonwealth, acting by and through its department of transportation to take certain easements for highway purposes, to support the intersection improvement project being undertaken by the commonwealth at the intersection of Cambridge road at South Bedford street and Bedford road in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Bill History
| Branch | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 7/29/2026 | House | Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Pending new draft of H5541 |
| 7/29/2026 | House | New draft of H5541 |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Read third |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Consolidated with S3229 |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Amendment 1 adopted |
| 7/29/2026 | House | Passed to be engrossed |
| 7/30/2026 | Senate | Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/30/2026 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/30/2026 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/30/2026 | House | Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 ) |
| 7/30/2026 | Senate | Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) |
| 7/30/2026 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
| 8/6/2026 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026 |
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