---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the abandonment of a certain water line easement in Revere and Malden"
description: "SENATE, Monday, June 25, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill providing for the abandonment of a certain water line easement in Revere and Malden (Senate, No. 1676) (the committee on Senate Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets having recommended that the bill be amended by substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2240,-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2576)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "S 2576"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2576 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-06-25"
last_action: "2018-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9131a612-640e-4478-8560-a4a32b82a9ef"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2576"
source_hash: "6d48f0ae95e366791aff57b5d904b111932be65e11f7fa4868bee45e9010b76a"
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 S 2576 (190th) — An Act providing for the abandonment of a certain water line easement in Revere and Malden

SENATE, Monday, June 25, 2018 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill providing for the abandonment of a certain water line easement in Revere and Malden (Senate, No. 1676) (the committee on Senate Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets having recommended that the bill be amended by substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2240,-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2576).

## 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/S2576.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Reported from the committee Senate Ways and Means
- **2018-06-25** Recommended new text for S2240
- **2018-06-25** Substituted as a new text for S2240
- **2018-06-25** Ordered to a third reading
- **2018-06-28** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-06-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-02** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-07-27** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment (H4836) and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-07-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
- **2018-07-27** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-27** Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4836) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-27** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-27** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2018-07-31** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2018-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2018-07-31** Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 504) `passage`
- **2018-07-31** Enacted - Roll Call #556 [YEAS 35 to NAYS 0] `passage`
- **2018-07-31** Laid before the Governor
- **2018-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 186 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/9131a612-640e-4478-8560-a4a32b82a9ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).