---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the town of Salisbury to assume control of the Ring’s Island Water District"
description: "Senate, March 12, 2020 -- Substituted by amendment by the Senate (Senator DiZoglio) as a new draft for Senate, No. 1179."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "S 2597"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2597 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diana DiZoglio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae1341b-616f-4f62-9856-e243a429e902"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2597"
source_hash: "1e041261746b3805b2da1e3d0b7c7bea1c9df8b491b8303c40d69ecb1fcce6ef"
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 2597 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Salisbury to assume control of the Ring’s Island Water District

Senate, March 12, 2020 -- Substituted by amendment by the Senate (Senator DiZoglio) as a new draft for Senate, No. 1179.

## 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/191/S2597.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Diana DiZoglio — primary (person)
- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
- Diana DiZoglio — cosponsor (person)
- James M. Kelcourse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** Recommended new draft (DiZoglio) for S1179
- **2020-03-12** Substituted for S1179
- **2020-03-12** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2020-04-21** Rules suspended
- **2020-04-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-04-27** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-04-27** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-04-27** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-04-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae1341b-616f-4f62-9856-e243a429e902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).