---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the authorization for the exchange of an easement in the control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to facilitate a project important to the economic development of the city of Lynn"
description: "By Mr. Crighton of Lynn, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Brendan P. Crighton and Daniel Cahill that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to grant a certain easement for economic development in the city of Lynn. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 4268"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4268 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brendan P. Crighton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33d16a32-d9c0-4900-8959-cd4de0de3415"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4268"
source_hash: "cbe8f40945c2d1694d6a9a5694bd362551a3a3670b0d5c8074eddec00840f234"
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 4268 (190th) — An Act amending the authorization for the exchange of an easement in the control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to facilitate a project important to the economic development of the city of Lynn

By Mr. Crighton of Lynn, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Brendan P. Crighton and Daniel Cahill that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to grant a certain easement for economic development in the city of Lynn. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

## 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/H4268.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brendan P. Crighton — primary (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Senate concurred
- **2018-03-06** Hearing scheduled for 03/13/2018 from 02:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
- **2018-03-12** Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
- **2018-03-12** Hearing scheduled for 03/14/2018 from 02:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-2
- **2018-03-26** Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 9, 2018, pending concurrence
- **2018-04-02** Senate concurred
- **2018-04-09** Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-25** Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-25** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2018-06-25** Rules suspended
- **2018-06-25** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-11** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2, reading-1`
- **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. 413) `passage`
- **2018-07-25** Enacted - roll call #472 [37 YEAS - 0 NAYS] `passage`
- **2018-07-25** Laid before the Governor
- **2018-08-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 169 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/33d16a32-d9c0-4900-8959-cd4de0de3415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).