---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth"
description: "Senate, June 29, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth (Senate, No. 2335),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2781)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "S 2781"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2781 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-06-29"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23193d78-3242-4adb-9455-4bbdfb6c1724"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2781"
source_hash: "ee8d398278b4cc2adbbc2350efcd632cdc172cc158ecfa9f3cc647d1e6654d91"
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 2781 (191st) — An Act authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth

Senate, June 29, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth (Senate, No. 2335),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2781).

## 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/S2781.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
- Viriato M. deMacedo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2020-06-29** Recommended new draft for S2335
- **2020-06-29** Substituted as a new draft for S2335
- **2020-06-29** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-06-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-06-30** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 4890 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-27** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendments pending `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading, with the amendment pending
- **2020-07-27** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-27** Read second `reading-2`
- **2020-07-27** Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-27** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-07-28** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-30** Rules suspended
- **2020-07-30** Senate concurs in the House amendment
- **2020-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-07-31** Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 253) `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Enacted -see Roll Call #274 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Laid before the Governor
- **2020-08-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 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/23193d78-3242-4adb-9455-4bbdfb6c1724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).