---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the select board of Easton to lease a certain parcel of land"
description: "Senate, October 31, 2022 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Timilty) for the Senate Bill authorizing the select board of Easton to lease certain parcels of land (Senate, No. 2972)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "S 3131"
citation: "Massachusetts S 3131 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter F. Timilty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-31"
last_action: "2022-11-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0212635-4087-4c67-a149-31a91cf36cdf"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S3131"
source_hash: "9f9e4daea93c49c11e62df3b8d12a64970a5964fb61e36821e2624832cf559b6"
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 3131 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the select board of Easton to lease a certain parcel of land

Senate, October 31, 2022 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Timilty) for the Senate Bill authorizing the select board of Easton to lease certain parcels of land (Senate, No. 2972).

## 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/S3131.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Walter F. Timilty — primary (person)
- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Gerard J. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-31** Recommended new draft (Timilty) for S2972
- **2022-10-31** Substituted for S2972
- **2022-10-31** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-10-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-11-02** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2022-11-07** Rules suspended
- **2022-11-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-11-17** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-11-21** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-11-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-11-28** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 278 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0212635-4087-4c67-a149-31a91cf36cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).