---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the release of certain parcels of land in the town of Raynham from certain agricultural preservation restrictions and certain recreational use restrictions"
description: "Senate, July 29, 2024 - New draft (Senator Pacheco) to Senate Bill authorizing the release of parcels of land in the town of Raynham from certain restrictions (Senate, No. 2872)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "S 2901"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2901 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marc R. Pacheco"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-07-29"
last_action: "2024-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb027d38-6c34-4d9f-9562-c962fd90df11"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2901"
source_hash: "64d8c4e46755575029a8a2321b1d0043337975e49fc6e2e8adc4a00af3193395"
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 2901 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the release of certain parcels of land in the town of Raynham from certain agricultural preservation restrictions and certain recreational use restrictions

Senate, July 29, 2024 - New draft (Senator Pacheco) to Senate Bill authorizing the release of parcels of land in the town of Raynham from certain restrictions (Senate, No. 2872).

## 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/193/S2901.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Marc R. Pacheco — primary (person)
- Angelo L. D'Emilia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-29** Recommended new draft (Pacheco) for S2872
- **2024-07-29** Substituted for S2872
- **2024-07-29** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2024-07-30** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-31** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting the text of an amendment, see H4968 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-31** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-31** Rules suspended
- **2024-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
- **2024-07-31** Read second `reading-2`
- **2024-07-31** Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-31** Ordered to a third reading
- **2024-08-01** Rules suspended
- **2024-08-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-08-01** Rules suspended
- **2024-08-01** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2024-08-01** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2024-08-01** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2024-08-01** Enacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 192 ) `passage`
- **2024-08-01** Enacted -see Roll Call #242 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2024-08-01** Laid before the Governor
- **2024-08-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 174 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb027d38-6c34-4d9f-9562-c962fd90df11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).