---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the transfer of care and control of certain parcels of land in Middleborough from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Fish and Game"
description: "An Act authorizing the transfer of care and control of certain parcels of land in Middleborough from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Fish and Game"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 4261"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4261 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd16a5d0-2f90-4bdc-a9ae-68efee49cb44"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4261"
source_hash: "d6986d9f6e31b414c16ccfbb672f4580489a4e7fcb60b86c1b41776355b28094"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4261 (190th) — An Act authorizing the transfer of care and control of certain parcels of land in Middleborough from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Fish and Game

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4261.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-05** Reported from the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
- **2018-03-05** New draft of H3850
- **2018-03-05** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2018-05-30** Rules suspended
- **2018-05-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-14** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-06-18** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-19** Committee recommended ought to pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-19** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-07-19** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-23** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-23** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-25** Enacted - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 417) `passage`
- **2018-07-25** Enacted - roll call #471 [37 YEAS - 0 NAYS] `passage`
- **2018-08-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 168 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd16a5d0-2f90-4bdc-a9ae-68efee49cb44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).