An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent easements over certain land in the town of Milton for highway purposes
Senate, February 26, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent easements over certain land in the town of Milton for highway purposes (Senate, No. 2657),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2968).
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- Senate 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 commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the commissioner of conservation and recreation, to grant certain easements to the Massachusetts department of transportation for highway purposes to support the intersection improvement project being undertaken by the commonwealth at the intersection of Randolph Avenue (state highway 28) and Chickatawbut Road, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and convenience.
Bill History
| Branch | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | Recommended new draft for S2657 |
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | Substituted as a new draft for S2657 |
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 3/2/2026 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5633, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/31/2026 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 7/31/2026 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House amendment |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/31/2026 | Senate | Emergency preamble adopted |
| 7/31/2026 | House | Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 268 ) |
| 7/31/2026 | Senate | Enacted -see Roll Call #236 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) |
| 7/31/2026 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
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