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

H 5561: An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to transfer certain parcels of land in the town of Norton

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 5561 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on July 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to transfer certain parcels of land in the town of Norton. Primary sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 6, 2026): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 174 of the Acts of 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
House Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike ChaissonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1st Bristol
Steven HowittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4th Bristol

“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 174 of the Acts of 2026
  2. Laid before the Governor
  3. Enacted -see Roll Call #221 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  4. Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 241 )
  5. Emergency preamble adopted
  6. Emergency preamble adopted
  7. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  8. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  9. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
  10. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  11. Rules suspended
  12. Ordered to a third reading

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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