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Bill An Act authorizing the town of Fairhaven to transfer an interest in certain park land By Mr. Straus of Mattapoisett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4009) of William M. Straus (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to transfer an interest in certain park land. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4009 Massachusetts H 4009 (191st)
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Massachusetts H 4009 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Fairhaven to transfer an interest in certain park land

By Mr. Straus of Mattapoisett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4009) of William M. Straus (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to transfer an interest in certain park land. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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

Sponsors

  • William M. Straus — primary (person)
  • William M. Straus — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-07-30 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2019-07-31 Senate concurred
  • 2019-08-12 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2019-08-15 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-08-15 Rules suspended
  • 2019-08-15 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-09-03 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-09-05 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2019-10-03 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-01-30 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2020-01-30 Read third reading-3
  • 2020-01-30 New text (Montigny) substituted, see S2486
  • 2020-01-30 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2020-02-03 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
  • 2020-02-27 Rules suspended
  • 2020-02-27 Senate concurred in the further House amendment
  • 2020-03-04 Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 153) passage
  • 2020-05-28 Enacted -see Roll Call #189 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
  • 2020-05-28 Laid before the Governor
  • 2020-06-04 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6afda6a-82c3-4f66-ab1c-266055e1a3c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).