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

H 5616: 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

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 5616 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on July 29, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 6, 2026): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
House Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Michelle CiccoloCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15th Middlesex
Ken GordonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21st Middlesex
Rich HaggertyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30th Middlesex

“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 173 of the Acts of 2026
  2. Laid before the Governor
  3. Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  4. Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )
  5. Emergency preamble adopted
  6. Emergency preamble adopted
  7. Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
  8. Passed to be engrossed
  9. Amendment 1 adopted
  10. Consolidated with S3229
  11. Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
  12. Read third

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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