---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act finalizing the transfer of land in the town of Middleton"
description: "By Representative Jones of North Reading and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3178) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Sally P. Kerans relative to finalizing the transfer of certain state-owned land in the town of Middleton. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 3178"
citation: "Massachusetts H 3178 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/808e060a-de92-40f3-9381-d1168b9fc1f7"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3178"
source_hash: "8cc5575db09c0b7e87a75b1b5ef5a68d50ad74e89b5dc1852045d992a6f368cb"
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 3178 (192nd) — An Act finalizing the transfer of land in the town of Middleton

By Representative Jones of North Reading and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3178) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Sally P. Kerans relative to finalizing the transfer of certain state-owned land in the town of Middleton. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. [Local Approval Received.]

## 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/192/H3178.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Sally P. Kerans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate concurred
- **2021-06-01** Hearing scheduled for 06/09/2021 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
- **2021-07-26** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2021-07-28** Rules suspended
- **2021-07-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-20** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-09-23** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Committee recommended ought to pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-17** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-17** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Enacted - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 121 ) `passage`
- **2021-11-17** Enacted -see Roll Call #115 (Yeas 37 – Nays 0) `passage`
- **2021-11-17** Laid before the Governor
- **2021-11-23** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/808e060a-de92-40f3-9381-d1168b9fc1f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).