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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 5553: An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 5553 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on July 1, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood. Primary sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 6, 2026): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 178 of the Acts of 2026.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
House Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Paul FeeneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateBristol and Norfolk
Chris FlanaganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Barnstable
Bill GalvinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6th Norfolk
Colleen GarryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36th Middlesex
Patrick KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4th Plymouth
Paul McMurtryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11th Norfolk
Thomas MoakleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Ted PhilipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8th Norfolk
John RogersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12th Norfolk
Jeff RoyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10th Norfolk
Mike RushCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk and Suffolk
Marcus VaughnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9th Norfolk

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 178 of the Acts of 2026
  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor
  3. Enacted
  4. Emergency preamble adopted
  5. Emergency preamble adopted
  6. House concurred in the Senate amendment
  7. Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
  8. Passed to be engrossed
  9. Amended (Rush) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3231
  10. Read third
  11. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  12. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source